AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
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AFP Fact Check→ This image was taken in September 2020 — months before Ever Given blocked the Suez Canal
Multiple Facebook posts have shared an aerial image of containers spelling out THANK YOU alongside a claim that trafficked children were rescued from the Ever Given, a container vessel that got stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal for almost one week in Mar
Poynter→ No, trafficked children and dead bodies were not removed from the ship that blocked the Suez Canal
The giant Ever Given container ship that clogged up the Suez Canal for six days isn’t out of the news just yet. After it was freed, Egyptian authorities towed the 1,300-foot ship to Great Bitter Lake, a wider expanse of the canal where authorities w
AFP Fact Check→ This video was taken in Bangladesh in February 2021, weeks before a ship blocked the Suez Canal
Aerial footage showing dozens of ships floating in the sea has been shared tens of thousands of times on Twitter, Facebook and Weibo, alongside a claim it shows vessels waiting to cross Egypt’s Suez Canal after a massive container ship blocked the
The Dispatch→ The Suez Canal Debacle Reveals Less—and More—About ‘Globalization’ Than You Think
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AFP Fact Check→ Suez ship baselessly linked to QAnon conspiracy theory about Clintons
QAnon-linked social media posts seek to tie the Clintons to a ship that blocked the Suez Canal, saying the vessel has been used for human trafficking. The Clinton Foundation, however, says it has no ships, while an international maritime safety agency
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Aircraft Carrier In Suez Canal Is NOT Related To The Container Ship Grounded There
Was an aircraft carrier with 38 military jets deployed to the Suez Canal to the scene of the grounded container ship that conspiracy theorists claim was carrying trafficked children and nuclear weapons? No, that's not true: Lead Stories f
Snopes→ Canal Service Provider Says Container Ship in Suez Set Free
The obstruction has created a massive traffic jam in the vital passage, holding up $9 billion each day in global trade and straining supply chains already burdened by the coronavirus pandemic.
Snopes→ Do Maps Show Increased Shipping Traffic Around Cape of Good Hope Due to Suez Blockage?
While major shipping companies have diverted some traffic around the southern tip of Africa, screenshots from vessel tracking apps do not necessarily illustrate this point.
Snopes→ New Attempts Planned To Free Huge Vessel Stuck in Suez Canal
A giant container ship remained stuck sideways in Egypt’s Suez Canal for a fifth day, as authorities prepared to make new attempts to free the vessel.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New ‘X22 Report’ Video Does NOT Offer Evidence That Proves Claims About Mass Shootings, Election Fraud, Suez Ship
Does a new "X22 Report" video contain only factual and proven statements? No, that's not true: The video recycles familiar conspiracy theories, including disproven claims about a mass shooting and voter fraud in the 2020 election. It repe
Snopes→ No, Marwa Elselehdar Is Not Captain of Stuck Suez Canal Ship
Internet trolls put a fake headline on a real story about Elselehdar's accomplishments.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Behind Claims Tying Hillary Clinton, Human Trafficking And Cargo Ship Stuck In Suez Canal
Is a ship that blocked traffic in the Suez Canal on March 23, 2021, used for human and sex trafficking? Is there a connection between the ship and Hillary Clinton? No, that's not true: There's no publicly available evidence the container
Snopes→ EXPLAINER: What We Know About a Ship Blocking the Suez Canal
A wedged, skyscraper-sized container ship has blocked the entire width of the Suez Canal and created a major traffic jam on one of the world’s most crucial trade routes.
Snopes→ Stuck Ship in Egypt’s Suez Canal Imperils Shipping Worldwide
In a sign of the global turmoil the blockage has caused, the ship's Japanese owner even offered a written apology for the incident as well.
The Dispatch→ The Morning Dispatch: Suez Stoppage Stretches On
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Truth or Fiction?→ Online Conspiracy Theorists Swarm ‘HRC’ Suez Canal Boat Jam
Reports of a container ship creating a traffic jam on the Suez Canal in Egypt quickly became grist for online conspiracy theorists, who spun the story into another smear against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. As the BBC reported, the Ever G
Snopes→ Did Cargo Ship ‘Draw’ a Penis Before Getting Stuck in Suez Canal?
Some may classify getting stuck in the Suez Canal as a dick move.
Snopes→ Photo Shows Massive Cargo Ship Stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal
A massive cargo ship has turned sideways in Egypt's Suez Canal, blocking traffic in a crucial East-West waterway for global shipping, according to satellite data.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Rescue of Crew from Ship Attacked by Houthis
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take A missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi militants damaged a British-owned cargo ship on the Red Sea on Feb. 18 and forced its crew to evacuate. Some social media posts f
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘A Fifth Texas National Guardsman [Died by] Suicide After Being Ordered by Greg Abbott to Patrol Migrants’
On October 5 2022, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of a tweet claiming that a “fifth Texas National Guardsman” had died by suicide after being “ordered by [Texas Governor] Greg Abbott to patrol migrants”: BREAKING: A fifth
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 is Caused by a Virus, Not Snake Venom
SciCheck Digest The COVID-19 pandemic was caused by a novel coronavirus, first isolated in January 2020. But a viral video has been spreading a conspiracy theory that the pandemic has actually been a plot to poison people with snake venom.
The Dispatch→ Was Joe Biden a Liasion Between Israel and Egypt During the Six-Day War?
A viral tweet accuses President Joe Biden of lying about having served as a liaison between Israel and Egypt during the Six-Day War in June 1967. Arthur Schwartz @ArthurSchwartzBiden says he went to Israel during the Six Day War to act as a liaiso
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Container Ship Pictured On Fire Is NOT Evergreen’s Ever Given — It’s The X-Press Pearl
Did the container ship run by Evergreen Marine, Ever Given, which blocked the Suez Canal in March 2021, catch fire? No, that's not true: The container ship in the video that did suffer a fire off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, is the X-
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Say Special Operation Boarded The ‘Ever Given’ To Find Weapons, Bodies, Trafficked People
Was an "intel dispatch" released to the public that told of a U.S. military special operation in which U.S. Navy SEALs boarded the cargo ship Ever Given? And did this mission discover heavy weapons as well as 1,366 dead and 1,245 people a
Snopes→ Did US Navy SEALs Rescue Trafficked Children from Ever Given Ship?
A website with a history of publishing dubious content advanced a conspiracy theory about the formerly stuck Suez Canal ship.
The Dispatch→ The Morning Dispatch: The Iran-China Crossover
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Snopes→ Did a Truck Carrying an ‘Evergreen’ Container Block a Chinese Highway?
The visual parallels to the blocked Suez Canal were not lost on social media.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the First Full Week of Spring
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The Dispatch→ Elizabeth Warren: Senator From Massachusetts—or the Roman Empire?
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