The internet’s favorite fact checker Snopes is in deep trouble

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Just as one of the oldest fact-checking sites seems to have hit its mainstream stride, it gets tangled in a dramatic legal mess, one that involves lots of finger-pointing, alleged backstabbing, and a contentious divorce.

It’s the kind of backroom drama that tends to play out in secret, until someone files a lawsuit. Now we have not one, but two lawsuits, and on Monday, a cry for help.

Snopes has launched a crowdfunding campaign to build a war chest. And it’s growing quickly. It says it needs the money because the site has been held "hostage" by a vendor, who is blocking access to its domain name, ad revenue, and backend code. But there's more to it than that.   Read more...

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