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Anonymous chain messages often circulate on platforms like iMessage, WhatsApp, Snapchat and Facebook Messenger during major news events.
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Text from someone “connected” to Raleigh police: “antifa may be heading into the wealthy neighborhoods tonight to take what should be theirs.”
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An audio message lists five ways people can prevent the novel coronavirus.
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"Slices of lemon in a cup of hot water can save your life. The hot lemon can kill the proliferation of" the novel coronavirus.
Says "special military helicopters will spray pesticide against the Corona virus in the skies all over the country."
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The federal government is “preparing to mobilize the national guard,” “dispatch them across the US with military” and “announce a nationwide 1 week quarantine for…
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Donald Trump is “announcing tomorrow that the US is going into quarantine for the next 14 days.”