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Full Fact→ Police quash Facebook rumours of missing boy named Brayden

2023-02-01 Multiple police forces have confirmed there is no one with that name missing in their areas. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Posts about a missing man with Alzheimer’s are hoaxes

2023-01-25 These posts claim that a man has gone missing in several different UK locations, but use photographs of different men from the US. Go to site post…»

Logically→ The photo shows a child named Tyler Miller, who has gone missing.

2023-01-18 Posts purporting to show Tyler Miller, a boy who has gone missing, are fake. These are scam posts showing Maggie Banyard, a girl with leukemia. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Tyler Miller’ Is NOT Missing — Post Is A Ruse

2023-01-16 Did this woman's son named "Tyler Miller" leave for baseball training and not come back afterward? No, that's not true: This is not a real missing person post. Multiple identical posts have been made with a different boy's photo in each o Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Facebook post about missing autistic boy and his dog is a hoax

2023-01-16 The post includes a picture of a boy who it says is from Derbyshire and called Brayden. In fact the picture shows an American boy called Kai seven years ago. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ William Barclay – Comparison between spending in New York and California is missing context

2023-01-13 California has twice the population of New York, but spends $260 billion, while New York spends $220 billion. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Fake post about child ‘missing’ after baseball practice circulating online

2023-01-13 A post about an allegedly missing child named Tyler Miller in Lincoln has been shared on social media using a picture of an Australian girl. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Fake posts about a missing elderly neighbour are circulating on Facebook

2023-01-03 The posts, which are nearly identically worded, feature an image of a man taken in the United States in 2016. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Max Loughan NOT Missing ‘About Six Years’ — ‘Energy Harvesting Device’ Creator Was In Middle, High School

2022-12-29 Did Max Loughan, a 13-year-old who gained fame in 2016 for creating an "energy harvesting device," disappear for "about six years"? No, that's not true: There's no evidence that Loughan was or is missing or hiding. A video posted by his s Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Near-identical posts about a missing child called Tyler are fake

2022-12-22 Several of the posts feature almost identical text, with the name of the child and the accompanying image changed. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Police warn against interacting with posts about missing Surrey boy

2022-12-21 A social media post about a supposedly missing child has been shared hundreds of times. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Hoax posts about missing grandfather circulating on local Facebook groups

2022-12-19 The posts, which claim to be from someone looking for their missing grandfather, feature an image of a man who passed away earlier this year. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Maricopa’s final election results aren’t missing thousands of votes

2022-11-30 “Maricopa County announced that on Election Day over 540,000 voters visited one of the 223” vote centers, but final official results data claimed that “only 248,070 people voted.” Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ ‘Wanted’ poster missing context on Test and Trace spending

2022-11-29 £37 billion was the budget for Test and Trace, not the spend. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Copycat posts about ‘missing’ boy shared widely on Facebook

2022-11-25 Hundreds of people have shared a fake appeal for information about an apparently missing boy. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Boy claimed ‘missing’ on Facebook was found months ago

2022-11-24 The picture is of a boy of a different name who went missing in June but has been found. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Facebook posts claiming man with dementia is missing with his dog are false

2022-11-23 The picture in the posts shows a man with a different name who has never gone missing. Go to site post…»

Poynter→ Gun laws and book bans: How to find the missing context

2022-11-16 A Twitter user recently posted, “Seniors in high school in Oklahoma can carry an AR-15 without a permit but are banned from reading To Kill a Mockingbird.”  This tweet went […] The post Gun laws and book bans: How to find the missing con Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Fake alerts for missing pensioners are circulating online

2022-11-11 The names, pictures and locations of those being sought are false. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Post about missing uncle in Sunderland is fake

2022-11-02 The man in the picture is from California and died earlier this year. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Claim that Scotland receives no money from England is missing context

2022-10-12 The level of public spending is higher than its level of contribution to the UK economy. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: American Flag Was NOT Missing All 50 Stars At Trump Rally; It Was NOT Warning To Surrender

2022-09-22 Was an American flag with no stars behind former President Donald Trump at a rally and does such a flag mean those that refuse to surrender will face "total annihilation"? No, that's not true: The lighting in the image may appear to be ob Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Rumsfeld Did NOT Report That $2.3 Trillion Was Missing The Day Before 9/11 Attacks

2022-09-12 Did then-U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld report that $2.3 trillion was missing the day before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks? No, that's not true: Rumsfeld gave a speech on September 10, 2001 about the bureaucratic red Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Stone Age Skeleton Missing Foot May Show Oldest Amputation

2022-09-09 Scientists say the amputation was performed when the person was a child — and that the “patient” went on to live for years as an amputee. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Missing India Soldier’s Body Found on Glacier After 38 Years

2022-08-17 The remains of an Indian army soldier have been found more than 38 years after he went missing on a glacier in Kashmir. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Dog, Missing 2 Months, Found Alive Inside Missouri Cave

2022-08-16 Jeff Bohnert had all but given up on seeing his poodle-hound mix again after she went missing. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Long-Missing Alexander Hamilton Letter Put on Public Display

2022-07-05 A letter written by Alexander Hamilton in 1780 and believed stolen decades ago from the Massachusetts state archives is going back on display — though not exactly in the room where it happened. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Fake post about a missing child is spreading on Facebook

2022-07-01 The post contains a link to a false article about a missing child which may be from an unsafe website. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Trooper Crawls into Drainage Pipe to Rescue Missing Dog

2022-06-29 A missing golden retriever named Lilah, discovered deep inside a culvert pipe in upstate New York, could not be lured out by her owner with peanut butter dog treats or cheese. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Police: Amazon Fisherman Confesses to Killing Missing Pair

2022-06-16 A fisherman confessed to killing a British journalist and an Indigenous expert in Brazil’s remote Amazon and took police to a site where human remains were recovered. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ 2 US Veterans from Alabama Reported Missing in Ukraine

2022-06-16 Two U.S. veterans from Alabama who were in Ukraine assisting in the war against Russia haven't been heard from in days and are missing. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Marshals: Reward for Info on Escaped Inmate, Missing Officer

2022-05-02 The U.S. Marshals Service said that it is offering up to $10,000 for information about an escaped inmate and a “missing and endangered” correctional officer. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Portugal Identifies Suspect in Probe of Missing British Girl

2022-04-22 Prosecutors in southern Portugal are formally accusing a suspect in the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, a British girl who disappeared nearly 15 years ago. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Missing Wallaby Found Hiding in Bush Near Zoo Exhibit

2022-04-19 Honey Bunch, the wallaby who went missing at the Memphis Zoo after storms passed through Tennessee this week, has been found hiding — nearly in plain sight. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Darwin Notebooks Missing for 20 Years Returned to Cambridge

2022-04-05 Two of naturalist Charles Darwin’s notebooks that were reported stolen from Cambridge University's library have been returned, two decades after they disappeared. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Snopes-ing 101: Spotting Misleading Captions and Missing Context

2022-03-31 When sharing posts containing images on social media, be mindful that sometimes, older images can be repurposed by simply changing a caption. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Jan. 6 Panel Missing Roughly 8 Hours of Trump’s Phone Calls

2022-03-29 The gap extends from a little after 11 a.m. to about 7 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021, and involves White House calls. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ What’s missing from claims comparing unmasked Super Bowl fans with children in schools

2022-02-17 A post said “if 70,048 unmasked fans” could gather for the Super Bowl “kids should go unmasked in school.” The post ignored the safety rules in place at the stadium, which included a mix of mask, vaccination and testing requirements. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of Mannequin Missing Arm In French Hospital In TV Report About COVID-19 Is NOT Real — It’s Photoshopped Montage

2022-01-27 Is an image of a mannequin missing an arm in a French hospital, with the image made to appear part of a TV news report about COVID-19, real? No, that's not true: This image is a photoshopped combination of two separate screenshots. A repr Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New South Wales Health Chief Did NOT Write Tweet Dismissing Vax Rollout Child Deaths — And No Children Have Died

2022-01-25 Did Dr. Kerry Chant, the New South Wales, Australia, chief health officer, post a tweet that dismissed the deaths of three children while celebrating a "better than expected" result of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout for children? No, that's Go to site post…»

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