Quick Take The wildfires in Maui caused widespread destruction on the island and claimed the lives of 97 people. The Maui Police Department and the FBI have released the list of 31 individuals still unaccounted for following the fire. Yet an Instag
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PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No proof of Oprah Winfrey hiring a private firefighting team before Maui wildfires
Oprah Winfrey “managed to hire a private firefighting team” to protect her Maui properties before the August wildfires occurred.
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Hawaii isn’t home to tons of lithium, despite baseless claims linking wildfires and lithium access
Hawaii wildfire was intentionally set because there’s “120 million tons of lithium in Maui.”
Logically→ HAARP did not cause the floods and wildfires in Greece
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK’s MI6 Did NOT Reveal ‘Weather Weapon’ Used To Cause Wildfires In Hawaii
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Decades-old video doesn’t show police evicting Hawaiians after Maui wildfires
Video shows Hawaiians being evicted after Maui wildfires.
PolitiFact→ What are 'smart cities' and why are conspiracy theorists linking them to wildfires?
Conspiracy theories attempt to link recent wildfires with plans for “smart cities,” but there’s no connection. Most smart city technology is small-scale and incremental — such as adding software and sensors — and doesn’t require destroying
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2,000 Kids NOT Missing From Maui A Month After 2023 Wildfires — School Enrollment Data ≠ Missing Persons Data
Were 2,000 kids missing in Maui a month after the wildfires of August 2023? No, that's not true: There are not 2,000 missing children on the island of Maui, Hawaii Governor Josh Green's office told Lead Stories on September 11, 2023. The
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, President Joe Biden didn’t say the Maui, Hawaii, wildfires were ‘planned’
Video shows President Joe Biden confirmed “the Lahaina fires were planned.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obamas Do NOT Have Maui Estate That Would Have Been Affected By August 2023 Wildfires
Do former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama own an estate in Maui, Hawaii, and was that supposed Maui estate "spared from the fires" that affected Maui in early August 2023? No, that's not true: The Obamas do not own an e
Logically→ 2007 news of fake FEMA press conference shared as ‘staged’ briefing on Maui wildfires
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Social media videos push baseless conspiracy theory that blue items were spared from Maui wildfires
CLAIM: Only blue items survived the Maui wildfires and lasers do not impact that color, suggesting the island was actually hit by a directed energy weapon “attack.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Canada wildfires linked to record heat and drought, not ‘smart cities’
Video suggests Canada wildfires were deliberately set to advance “smart cities” push.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Fake FEMA news conference took place in 2007, not during the recent Maui wildfires
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Maui police: No bodies have washed ashore on Lanai after wildfires
“183 bodies have washed up on Lanai.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Canadian PM Trudeau Slams Meta for Shuttering News Access During ‘Apocalyptic’ Wildfires
The Canadian government sharply criticized the tech megafirm Meta on August 21 2023 for continuing to bar Facebook users in the country from accessing online news on the platform amid a devastating series of wildfires. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kno
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, the World Economic Forum did not say the Maui wildfires were orchestrated
“WEF admits Maui wildfires orchestrated to transform Hawaii into 15-minute cities.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hurricane Dora DID Affect Winds During Maui Wildfires, Even Though It Was Hundreds Of Miles Away
Was Hurricane Dora, which passed nearly 500 miles south of Hawaii, too far away to fan the deadly wildfires that killed scores of people on Maui in early August 2023? No, that's not true: The flames that raced across western Maui were dri
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Maui Wildfires Are NOT Linked To Green Lasers Recorded Over Mauna Kea, Hawaii, On January 28, 2023
Is there a link between the wildfires that burned on Maui, Hawaii, on August 8, 2023, and a sighting of green lights seen on a January 28, 2023, livestream from the Subaru Telescope on top of Mount Mauna Kea, on the "Big Island" of Hawaii
Full Fact→ No evidence Maui wildfires started intentionally to create a ‘smart island’
A video claims the Hawaiian island held a “smart city conference” in January.
AllSides→ Kamala Harris claims climate change caused deadly Maui wildfires
https://thepostmillennial.com/kamala-harris-claims-climate-change-caused-deadly-maui-wildfires While on
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No evidence direct energy weapons caused Maui wildfires
"Hawaii is being attacked by direct energy weapons."
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Online posts spread misinformation about FEMA aid following Maui wildfires
Social media users are discouraging residents from accepting disaster aid in Maui, falsely claiming the Federal Emergency Management Agency could seize their property if they do.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump Visiting Maui After Wildfires — It’s Alabama In 2019
Does a video show former President Donald Trump visiting the Hawaiian island of Maui in August 2023 to comfort survivors of the devastating wildfires there? No, that's not true: The footage of Trump is from 2019, when Trump visited Alabam
Logically→ Old video of mulch fire in Cleveland passed off as visuals of wildfires in Hawaii and California
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Book is not proof Maui wildfires were planned
A book published Aug. 10 about the Maui wildfires is proof the wildfires were planned.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Military’s Response to Maui Wildfires
Quick Take The White House declared the site of the Maui wildfires a disaster area, and the Department of Defense has provided more than 400 troops, air support and other resources in firefighting and recovery efforts. Yet posts on Instagram misrep
Full Fact→ Photos don’t show evidence of government ‘laser weapons’ starting wildfires
The pictures actually show lens flares, long exposure effects and light pillars, not government-funded laser beams.
Logically→ The publication of a book does not prove that the Maui wildfires were planned in advance
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Conspiracy theories falsely tie Maui wildfires to ‘smart cities’ and tech conferences
CLAIM: Maui hosted a conference about making the entire island into a “smart city” in January and will host another summit next month about using artificial intelligence to govern the island, proving recent wildfires were deliberately set to transf
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Old video of Louisiana power line explosion falsely tied to Maui wildfires
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Logically→ A video showing trees and plants surviving Hawai’i wildfires does not mean the fires were fake
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Sometimes trees stay standing after wildfires. That’s because of how the fire typically spreads
“Wildfires do not completely burn out cars, glass and all, yet leaving nearby trees and utility poles still standing upright.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Hawaii Wildfires Caused By ‘Direct Energy Weapon Assault’
Was the deadly wildfire that began the evening of August 8, 2023, on the Hawaiian island of Maui caused by a "direct energy weapon assault"? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to support that assertion. Instead, natural factors, not
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A video of fire blowing across a street is from Ohio in 2022, not the Maui wildfires
CLAIM: A video shows a fire spreading across a street amid strong winds during the Maui wildfires. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A video doesn’t show a laser beam igniting Maui’s wildfires. It’s a transformer explosion in Chile
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Standing Trees Do NOT Prove Maui Wildfires Were False Flag Operations
Does a widely shared video of still-standing trees prove that the Maui wildfires were false flag operations? No, that's not true: Social media users who reposted the clip pointed out that some plants survived fires, but that does not supp
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Old photos are being misrepresented online to fuel a conspiracy theory about the Maui wildfires
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Photo used to claim ‘direct energy assault’ started Hawaii wildfires has circulated since 2018
Photos are proof that Hawaii fires were caused by a “direct energy weapon assault on the people.”
Logically→ Old, unrelated video shared to claim illegal migrants caused Greece wildfires