David Bamman, a computer scientist and linguist at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, got the idea for the research last summer when he noticed how quickly
false rumours of the death of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin disappeared from China's Twitter equivalent Sina Weibo.
The Jama'atu Nasril Islam [JNI] on Thursday said those spreading
false rumours of President Muhammadu Buhari's illness and death were unpatriotic.
Not exact matches
However it is unfair to criticise arsenal for making derisory offers when the vast majority
of these
rumours are made up and totally
false.
Fans should have learned by now that 98 %
of the
rumours are
false when it concerns Arsenal.
As for all
of these so called snubs, most
of them were
false rumours to begin with.
we bottle it by feb / march - then finish strongly to give
false hope for the new season then
rumours of a warchest, ivan says funds are available
«There has been a lot
of talk about Neymar's future recently, but I believe
rumours of a move to Real Madrid are
false,» he added.
I'm sure the latest quote won't end the speculation completely, and I can already see the next gossip line coming to claim that Alexis will hand in a transfer request in a couple
of weeks, I just hope that the reports are
false, but we are used to the
rumour mill right?
the rest
of these
rumours after Gabriel signing are all
false and made up, and its pretty obvious they are fake too.
I think the
rumours of him going to CIty are almost completely
false.
This resembles desperate journalism in which the majority
of de garbage in some tabloid transfer
rumour are
false and will be recycle in the next day or so.
Untruth spreads sooner than truth and people were misled by extremist elements within the Npp who peddled
false rumours across the country, tarnished image
of the government to gain power.
The Shadow Chancellor said Labour's leader had to tear up large sections
of his speech when
rumours of what George Osborne would announce in Parliament proved
false.
«These politicians, involved in campaign
of calumny, stay in Government House and spread
false rumour.
The Deputy President
of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has on Wednesday debunked the
rumour that he planned defecting to All Progressive Congress, APC, calling it
false insinuation.
Ossai who spoke on Tuesday in Enugu, said that officials
of the state Ministry
of Health had investigated the
rumour and found out that it was
false.
Apparently exasperated at the effect
of the
false news, the High Commissioner tweeted that, «whoever started the
false rumour about the supposed arrest
of a Ghanaian party official at Heathrow today — thanks for messing up my Sunday!»
«We went to Park Lane Teaching Hospital where it was
rumoured of a suspected case
of monkey pox and discovered that it was
false.
Spreading
rumours and
false information is a huge shortcoming
of social media.
Combining the number
of bullying incidents from teenagers who faced frequent online, traditional and both types
of bullying, the most common forms were being called mean names or teased (12 %, 12740 teenagers) and having lies or
false rumours spread about them (9 %, 10305 teenagers).
The couple, who met on set while filming The Light Between Oceans in 2014, have been plagued by (
false) split
rumours, reports they've moved in together in 2016 and now, it's been reported they will wed in a no expense spared ceremony next month; which, if true, will be one
of the best kept secrets in showbiz.
The Web is awash with
rumours (possible
false) that the Nook Touch is about to «auto - update» to a new version
of firmware that allows access to the original browser and an email client.
Not only were your previous reports
of a Playbook discontinuation total BS, you tried to defend it by stating you heard it from executives, which was also a flat lie... unless you're labelling the blog that originally started spreading this
false rumour an executive.
The operators
of the scams can be charged with misleading investors with
false rumours relating to stock exchange listed companies.
Rumour reviews
of 9 for Lair were proven
false on N4G even.
Why it's so interesting: After decades
of false rumours, developer denials, and harsh trolls, one
of the most highly anticipated game remakes has been announced.
The
rumours for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle has been kept alive by Laura Kate Dale, who has become well known for pushing various Switch
rumours, some
of which have turned out to be
false, but many
of which have been bang on the money.
Do you think Retro is going through some tough times or are these
rumours of the company's potential demise overblown or patently
false?
I was constantly balancing my scepticism and excitement up until the show in the hopes
of trying to lessen any disappointment had the
rumour been
false.
The subsequent press headlines and
rumours of a Mars bar being involved were completely
false.
It should be noted that the French term» canard» is used in the sense
of false rumour in English.