Facebook During Paul Revere’s Ride

IF FACEBOOK WAS AROUND APRIL 18, 1775 THE BRITISH ARE COMING!!! False Information Checked by independent fact-checkers See Why

A cartoon shows Paul Revere riding a horse and shouting “THE BRITISH ARE COMING!!!” while Facebook labels the claim as false information and says it was checked by independent fact-checkers. The joke references Revere’s famous warning before the Battles of Lexington and Concord, applying modern social-media fact-checking to a historical event. EN: A cartoon shows Paul Revere riding a horse and shouting “THE BRITISH ARE COMING!!!” while Facebook labels the claim as false information and says it was checked by independent fact-checkers. The joke references Revere’s famous warning before the Battles of Lexington and Concord, applying modern social-media fact-checking to a historical event.

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