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<p>Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.</p>


Mikael Thalen

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No, Biden didn’t point a gun at his wife

A still image from 'Jaws' is being used to try and blame Russia for beach bombing

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A still image from ‘Jaws’ is being used to try and blame Russia for beach bombing

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‘Hunter & Diddy Must Be Brothers’: Videos claiming Hunter Biden dragged woman through hotel circulate online

Photoshopped mayonnaise jar with gayo and pride flag

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Rainbow-colored Kraft ‘Gayo’ Pride promo dupes the internet

90-year-old quadruplets go viral on Facebook

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‘Happy Birthday QUEENS’: Facebook users love the quadruplets who made it to 90—without realizing they’re fake

Tom Hanks didn't wear a 'Vote for Joe, not the psycho' shirt

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No, Tom Hanks didn’t wear a ‘Vote for Joe, not the psycho’ shirt

Conspiracy theorists blame HAARP for Northern Lights

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Conspiracy theorists think the Northern Lights were caused by the government

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Does this video show Harrison Ford praising pro-Palestine protesters?

Does this photo show P. Diddy, Trump, and Epstein with young women?

PDiddy Trump and Epstein

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Conspiracy theorists think Taylor Swift is performing Satanic rituals

Did Elon whine about divorce with grimes on burner account?

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Did Elon Musk use his baby burner account to say his kids hated Grimes?

Mel Gibson and Mark Walhberg starting an 'anti-woke' movie studio

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No, Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg are not starting an anti-woke film studio

Conspiracy theorists think Mel Gibson has video of Bill and Hillary engaging in cannibalism

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Conspiracy theorists think Mel Gibson has video of Bill and Hillary Clinton engaging in cannibalism

Japanese Americans in front of posters with internment orders(l), Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. A tense moment in a football game between Stockton and Santa Anita teams, find spectators perched everywhere.(r)

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Conspiracy theorists think WWII era executive order gives migrants $5k visa gift cards

Covid-19 Written vaccine bottle with a blue liquid and taking the vaccine from it with a syringe on a laboratory like background.

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A video of ‘strange white clots’ in a deceased patient hyped as proof of COVID vaccine’s harm—despite having ‘been observed for decades’

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