You may have done this or just seen many of your friends do it. Share a Facebook post that is actually not true. There are many people out there that just want the attention and they don’t care if they have to make up some fake story to get that attention. Sometimes the story was meant to be fake for humor but some how got passed on by people that thought it was real. There are some things you can do to prevent being a victim of sharing fake crap online. First lets check out a few examples of some popular post that I’ve seen getting passed around oh so often.
Today is the day Marty McFly went to the future
This is the one I think I see the most. Someone posts a picture of “The Circuits of Time” from the famous time machine in Back to the Future. It displays todays date and the text “today is the day Marty McFly goes to the future” and some one demanding “wheres my hover board?” in the comments. A simple Wikipedia or IMDB search could quickly tell you the correct date. October 21, 2015 is the actual date in the movie when Marty goes to the future. Im willing to bet when that day comes, your Facebook time line will be FILLED with people posting about “today is the day Marty McFly went to the future” and finally they will be right. 
Facebook Copyright Status
You might have seen people copy and paste some sort of status that contains a lot of big words that sound like legal terms and basically are saying that because I’m posting this status Facebook does not have the rights to my photos and information on my profile and they still belong to me. Well the truth is, posting a status does not void the “Terms of Service” agreement set by Facebook. If you have read the terms of service agreement (who does?) and you don’t like what Facebook is doing with your information, just delete your Facebook and go back to keeping in touch with your friends the old fashion way……..Myspace. Oh, by the way, the terms of service says you own the content you post but Facebook can distribute or use that information as long as it does not violate the privacy settings you have set.
OBAMACARE forced home inspections
The word going around social media was that outlined in the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is a provision that would allow federal agents to conduct in home inspections if you or a member of your house hold fell under their “high risk” Categories:
- -Families where mom is not yet 21.
- -Families where someone is a tobacco user.
- -Families where children have low student achievement, developmental delays, or disabilities.
- -Families with individuals who are serving or formerly served in the armed forces, including such families that have members of the armed forces who have had multiple deployments outside the United States.
- Surprise, surprise, that’s not really in the affordable care act. It actually is in part from the PPACA’s creation of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV), which “facilitates collaboration and partnership at the federal, state, and community levels to improve health and development outcomes for at-risk children through evidence-based home visiting programs” by awarding development grants to states that “currently have modest home visiting programs and want to build on existing efforts.”
How can i prevent sharing false info?
Research. If it sounds extreme, too good to be true or just fishy then it just might be fake. It can be as simple as doing a search on Google for what ever the story is about. See if there are others that are reporting the same thing and if they are from someone creditable. A quick search can often pop up with information that other people have found to prove its a fake or not. Another great way to find out if it might be fake is by visiting Snopes.com and do a search on their site. They will often have info on stories that are going around and provide the facts to show if its true or false. Now if you are someone that does not believe anything you read on the internet then you probably would not be sharing that stuff in the first place. So before you share it online do a quick search to make sure you are not a victim of someone that wanted some attention and tricked you into sharing a bogus story about a priest going under cover and pretending to be homeless to see how the church members would react. Yes, that story is also a fake.
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