fakehatecrimes.org

fake hate crimes: a database of hate crime hoaxes in the usa



The purpose of this site is to compile a comprehensive database of the false reports of "hate crimes" committed (mostly) in the USA. It builds on the work of Laird Wilcox, whose Crying Wolf (PDF) is the original book on this subject. The books Hate Crime Hoax and Hate Crimes: Criminal Law & Identity Politics are also recommended.

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398. Untenured professor of neuroscience and MeTooSTEM founder BethAnn McLaughlin, admitted through her l... 2020-02-01 Nashville Tennessee

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Twitter account of embattled #MeTooSTEM founder suspended

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Sciencemag

authors
Meredith Wadman, Ann Gibbons

url
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/twitter-account-embattled-metoostem-founder-suspended

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Untenured professor of neuroscience and MeTooSTEM founder BethAnn McLaughlin, admitted through her lawyer admitted of creating a fake Twitter account with fake confessions of racism at Universities and sexual assault by a specific Vanderbilt University professor, and eventually a fake covid-19 death. According to New York Times Article, she previously received $250,000 for a "disobedience award".

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2020-08-07

date published
2020-08-03


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