Climate activists trolled Mattel and Barbie this week by creating a fake Mattel corporate website, as well as a fake press release claiming the company plans to stop using plastic to create its toys.

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. What appeared to be a new release for an eco-friendly Barbie proved to be a statement from climate change activists. Several news outlets ...

While it looks pretty convincing, there was never a giant Barbie doll in front of the Burj Khalifa. Dubai was not the host to an enormous Barbie doll. It was all fake. How did they put a giant Barbie ...

The false campaign by environmental activists claimed that the toy giant was launching a new line of decomposable Barbies and would stop using plastic by 2030. By Livia Albeck-Ripka and Orlando ...

Lil Gretch, meet Lil Daryl Hannah. But Hannah's doll was part of a campaign that got attention for another reason: It was part of a hoax. A social media fake claimed that Mattel toys would become ...

A handful of news outlets published stories about a fake announcement by Mattel to create an “EcoWarrior” Barbie. News outlets such as People, The Washington Times and others published stories ...