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Orphaned references in False accusation

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of False accusation's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "AAOJ":

From False accusation of rape: Gross, Bruce (Spring 2009). "False Rape Allegations: An Assault On Justice". The Forensic Examiner.
From Rape: Bruce Gross [theforensicexaminer.com/archive/spring09/15/] False Rape Allegations: An Assault On Justice. The Forensic Examiner

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 09:52, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done.--Penbat (talk) 11:22, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A relatively new list of such accusations

https://nypost.com/2019/10/03/why-we-keep-falling-for-hate-crime-hoaxes/ Zezen (talk) 10:57, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

https://astinel.com/astinel-blog/independent-investigations-falsely-accused/

Political purposes of false claims

Here, in Norway, some years back a woman accused a politician of the christian democratic party of sexual assault. He was suspended from the election campaign while being investigated, and lost his election. Just after that the court ruled that no crime had taken place. She had to pay, and she lost her appeal, but his political career was ruined. What puzzles me theese dayse is that claiming that an election is fraudulent seems to be an accusation that comes without risk in USA, but not at all in Belarus, where the accusations are more likely to be true? How are the rules on false accusations around the world? Here systematically undermining an election may be considered treason (20y in jail) - but luckily that has never been tested. Spreading fear through false accusations may give 6m in jail. I would really like some information on political use of false accusations. Markuswestermoen (talk) 12:32, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Domestic Violence

False accusations of domestic violence during divorce and/or child custody issues are considered common by family lawyers Maurizio689 (talk) 19:50, 11 February 2024 (UTC) Maurizio689 (talk) 19:50, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]