Here's a fake news story: Femen hooks up with Playboy magazine

If you want to know if a sensational news story is a hoax, you could try the fake.trendolizer.com website or Twitter account.

This weekend, fake.trendolizer.com is highlighting a tale from worlddailyreport.com.

It purports that the founder of Femen—a militant group of topless female political protesters—has signed a "lucrative deal" with Playboy magazine.

Keep in mind that this story has not been picked up by the Guardian, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, or any of the other well-known European publications that have covered Femen in the past. It's also not posted on Femen's website.

That's why I feel fairly safe in declaring that this story is a sham.

So you see, it's not only the Onion that publishes fake news. [Ex-FIFA vice president Jack Warner was hoodwinked by one of its articles late last month.]

Femen has a long list of enemies, including Vladimir Putin, Silvio Berlusconi, various Arab governments, those who oppose same-sex marriage, and the Vatican. So there is no shortage of people who might like to smear the group.

Meanwhile, Femen has started holding events in Canada, including a topless protest on Parliament Hill in 2013 in support of Nathalie Morin. She's a Canadian woman married to a Saudi. She claims she's being held in Saudi Arabia against her will and can't get her three children out of the country.

Earlier this month, topless Femen members tried to disrupt the Montreal Grand Prix, claiming that it exploited women and promoted sex tourism.

As they were led away by authorities, they chanted, "Montreal is not a brothel!"

If you want to learn more about the group's tactics, check out this video.