Microsoft bans April Fools' Day pranks

Microsoft has banned its staff from taking part in hoaxes and lies on April Fools' Day. Making things up and tricking people into believing them has become a staple of the tech industry at the beginning of April in recent years. Google, particularly, has led the way – but much of the technology industry has undertaken increasingly overwrought and convincing pranks as time has gone on. Many of those hoaxes and lies have accidentally led to negative coverage, as well as the spreading of the kind of misinformation that companies like Facebook and Google have repeatedly been accused of spreading. We'll tell you what's true.