"400,000 Waiters Spitting in Food": How One Screenshot from a Fake Facebook Group Sparked a National Restaurant Boycott in the US
In the US, at the end of August 2026, a fake about 400,000 white waiters allegedly spitting in the food of African Americans went viral. Fact-checkers debunked the disinformation, but the wave of boycotts and the shift to Black-Owned establishments has already changed the consumer habits of millions.
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