Do 800,000 Children Go Missing Each Year in the United States?
Dubious and dated stats about missing children spread in August 2020, among them that 2,000 children go missing in the United States every day.
Did Trump Say That in 1917 a ‘Great Pandemic’ Ended World War II Because the Soldiers Were All Sick?
Posts on Facebook and Imgur suggest that U.S. President Donald Trump offered up an interesting interpretation of the Second World War.
How COVID-19 Triggered a #SaveTheChildren Child Trafficking Panic
A surge of interest in child trafficking and the restricted #savethechildren hashtag isn’t organic — it was a subset of COVID-19 conspiracy theories in the summer of 2020.
Did Patton Oswalt Tweet ‘I Am a Proud Pedophile’?
Inauthentic tweets and hashtags drove interest in “child trafficking” and led to the unearthing of a purportedly damning tweet from “proud pedophile” Patton Oswalt.
Did Joe Biden ‘Take a Knee’ Near His Childhood Home?
A photo mocking the former U.S. Vice President spread just before more news appeared about Facebook improprieties.
Did the United States Issue a COVID-19 Travel Advisory for New Zealand?
The claims of a travel warning appeared to get the story out of context.
Did Trump Once Say He Had Known Jeffrey Epstein for Years and ‘He Likes Women … on the Younger Side’?
A long-circulating meme quotes U.S. President Donald Trump as saying, “I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years … he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”
Did Oprah Condone Child Abuse and Say ‘If It Feels Good’ that the Child ‘Won’t Even Know’ Abuse Happened?
A video of Oprah Winfrey apparently expressing support for child molestation is misleadingly edited.
Was a Georgia High School’s Senior Class Photographed Together Without Masks?
Officials said they were not aware of the photograph until it began spreading online.
Did Oklahoma City Police Shoot Each Other Trying to Shoot a Black Teenager?
A satirical story purportedly out of Oklahoma harnessed schadenfreude to spread all over social media.