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Facebook Cartoon Character Hoax - Cartoon characters have been showing up all over Facebook this week in a reported effort to raise awareness of violence against children. Now as the campaign is nearing its end, rumors are swirling that the entire Facebook cartoon campaign may in fact be a complete hoax. It all started out innocently enought with a few cartoon pictures popping up on friends profiles. Then came the walls posts announcing that the cartoon characters were actually part of a campaign to help stop violence against children. Is the Cartoon Character Campaign on Facebook a Hoax? The messages themselves read something like, “In support of anti-child violence, change your Facebook profile picture to a cartoon from your childhood. Until Monday Dec. 6, there should be no human faces on Facebook, but an invasion of memories. Join the fight against CHILD ABUSE. Invite your friends to do the same.” The catch is that nobody can really seem to pinpoint the origin of the ca...