‘For most young people, a medical pathway will not be the best way to manage their gender-related distress.’
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PolitiFact→ Jill Billings – Is it true Wisconsin youth-to-school social worker ratio is ‘almost triple’ recommended level?
“With school-based professional social workers, the recommendation is 400-to-1, and in Wisconsin, we’re almost triple that.”
The Dispatch→ Youth Gone Wild
The Democratic rift over Israel is deepening.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Zionist Israeli Police’ Raiding Synagogue To Arrest Jewish Youth Who Support Palestinian Rights In October 2023 — It’s From 2021
Does a video shared on social media show an Israeli police raid on a synagogue to arrest a Jewish youth who supports Palestinian rights in the days following the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023? No, that's not true: The same video
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: That’s NOT People Sleeping On Ground In Gaza In October 2023 — It’s World Youth Day In Portugal Weeks Earlier
Does a video show displaced Palestinian people who had no place to go sleeping outdoors on the ground? No, that's not true: The video was filmed in early August 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal, during World Youth Day, an international Catholic p
Logically→ 2015 video falsely shared as police thrashing youths for harassing women on Raksha Bandhan
Logically→ No, viral video is not of youth drowning in Kashmir’s Aharbal waterfall
Logically→ Old image of a Palestinian youth being run over by an Israeli vehicle shared as recent
FactCheck.org→ Online Claims Misrepresent Washington Bill Aimed at Runaway Transgender Youth
Q: Does a proposed law in Washington state say that the government can take children away from parents who don’t agree to gender transition surgery? A: No. Under the bill, licensed youth shelters no longer have to report the location of a run
Full Fact→ Youth unemployment no longer at historic low
The rate reached its lowest level last summer but has been rising ever since.
PolitiFact→ Matt Walsh – Gender affirmation is linked to improved mental health. There’s no evidence it drives youth suicide.
“The youth suicide rate has increased exponentially alongside trans affirmation. Trans affirmation causes the suicide rate, not the other way around.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BMJ Paper Does NOT Show COVID Vaccine Causes 5x More Myocarditis Than Virus, 10X More In Youths
Does a new paper published in BMJ Medicine show that the COVID vaccine causes five times more myocarditis than the COVID virus and 10 times more in young people? No, that's not true: One of the study's authors told Lead Stories in a Febru
Snopes→ Did a Youth Pastor Make an ‘I Heart Hot Youth Pastors’ Sticker?
"My best friend lives in South Carolina and sent me this screenshot from her local mom group and I just ... cannot," a tweet read.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – New California law on transgender youths doesn’t remove a parent’s custody
California’s Senate Bill 107 means “your child can now be taken from your custody if you do not affirm gender-reassignment surgery.”
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Former Turning Point USA Youth Events Coordinator Adam Hageman Sentenced to 66 Months …’
On September 28 2022, an Imgur screenshot of a contemporaneous tweet claimed that a youth coordinator for right-wing campus activist group Turning Point USA, Adam Hageman, was sentenced to 66 months in prison in connection with a “child pornograp
Logically→ A Muslim man stabbed another Muslim youth for attending a Ganesh Chaturthi procession in Delhi.
Delhi Police has ruled out a communal angle in the matter. The victim did attend the Hindu festival, but the attack was a result of a family dispute.
Logically→ BJP government is giving a ₹6,000 allowance every month to unemployed youth.
The Union government announced no scheme called under Pradhan Mantri Berojgari Bhatta Yojana.
Snopes→ Judge Blocks Texas Investigating Families of Trans Youth
The temporary restraining order halts investigations against three families who sued.
Snopes→ Mixed Texas Ruling Allows Trans Youth Parent Investigations
The Texas Supreme Court allowed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also ruling in favor of one family that was among the first contacted by child welfare officials following an order by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Child Hepatitis Cases NOT Related To J&J Vaccine — It’s NOT Approved For Youths In US Or UK
Are hepatitis cases in children related to the J&J COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: The claim that the adenovirus vector in the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine is related to youths being diagnosed with hepatitis is not possi
Logically→ A Hindu activist attacked a Muslim youth with a sword after watching the recently released movie, “The Kashmir Files”, in Haliyal, Uttar Kannad.
The attack on Amanullah Irfan was personally motivated. It has been misattributed as a hate crime inspired by watching "The Kashmir Files" movie.
Snopes→ Yes, Snapchat Has Tool To Help Youths Run for Office
The new in-app feature shows users upcoming races that may interest them.
Snopes→ Senators Push Facebook Exec on Instagram Policies for Youth
Senators fired a barrage of criticism at a Facebook executive over the social-networking giant’s handling of internal research on how its Instagram photo-sharing platform can harm teens.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: QuikTrip Is NOT The Only Location Where Youth In Crisis Can Find A ‘Safe Place’
Is "Safe Place," a safety outreach for youth in crisis, provided by QuikTrip, a chain of convenience stores and gas stations that can be found in 12 states? Yes, QuikTrip is a national partner in the National Safe Place Network (NSPN), bu
Logically→ The Centre has launched Pradhan Mantri Berozgari Bhatta Yojna 2021 to provide ₹3,500 per month to unemployed youth.
The Government of India has not implemented any scheme called Pradhan Mantri Berozgar Bhatta Yojana at the current time.
AFP Fact Check→ United Nations has not classified 18 to 65-year-olds as ‘youth’
Social media posts in South Korea claim the United Nations (UN) has reclassified 18 to 65-year-olds as “youth”. The claim is false: representatives from various UN agencies said there was no such system, and UN publications define “youth” a
Logically→ The Uttar Pradesh Police filed a criminal complaint against a youth who sought oxygen for his grandfather via Twitter.
Uttar Pradesh police have booked an FIR against Shashank Yadav for allegedly tweeting a false message about the non-availability of medical oxygen.
Truth or Fiction?→ Was a U.S. Army Sergeant Caught On Video Harassing a Black Youth?
A white sergeant in the U.S. Army was arrested on April 14 2021, days after video spread online of him berating a Black youth in a subdivision near Columbia, South Carolina. The local Post & Courier newspaper confirmed that 42-year-old Jonathan Pen
Snopes→ Arkansas Lawmakers Enact Transgender Youth Treatment Ban
Arkansas lawmakers have made the state the first to ban gender confirming treatments and surgery for transgender youth, enacting the prohibition over the governor's objections.
Snopes→ Arkansas Lawmakers Enact Transgender Youth Treatment Ban
Arkansas lawmakers made the state the first to ban gender confirming treatments and surgery for transgender youth, enacting the prohibition over the governor's objections.
Snopes→ Arkansas Governor Vetoes Transgender Youth Treatment Ban
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has vetoed legislation that would have made his state the first to ban gender confirming treatments or surgery for transgender youth
Snopes→ Arkansas Senate OKs Ban on Treatments for Transgender Youth
The measure is among several targeting transgender people that have advanced in Arkansas and other states this year.
Snopes→ Ex-Cop Charged with Making False 911 Call About Black Youths
A white former police officer has been charged with falsely reporting a gunfight with a group of Black youths at his lakeside camp in the Adirondacks while he was off duty, the Essex County District Attorney’s Office said.
AFP Fact Check→ These photos have been manipulated — they do not show Aung San Suu Kyi in her youth
Photos of Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi have been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim they show her in her youth. The claim is false; the photos have been manipulated from recent photos of Aung San Su
AFP Fact Check→ Scam alert: Africa’s richest man is not running a Facebook giveaway for youths affected by Covid-19
Widely-shared posts on Facebook claim that Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is giving away money, food and other assistance to 10,000 youths who have lost loved ones to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is misleading; the Nigerian billionaire has commi
AFP Fact Check→ Trump falsely claims Biden called Black youths ‘super predators’
US President Donald Trump claimed on Twitter that his Democratic rival Joe Biden referred to young Black men as “super predators.” This is false; it was Hillary Clinton, not Biden, who used the phrase in the 1990s when she was speaking about gangs.
Snopes→ Trump Ramps Up Expulsions of Migrant Youth, Citing Coronavirus
As many 600 minors, many of whom are teens who left Central America alone, were expelled in April alone.
Snopes→ Billie Eilish, a Voice of the Youth, Tops the Grammy Awards
Singer Billie Eilish, who gave voice to young people struggling with depression on a do-it-yourself album she made at home with her older brother, is atop the music world.
Snopes→ US Court Dismisses Suit by Youths Over Climate Change
The case had bounced around the federal courts for five years and multiple trial dates were canceled.
Snopes→ Mormons Pulling 400,000 Youths Out of Struggling Boy Scouts
The change brings excitement and some melancholy for members of the faith and may push the Boy Scouts closer to the brink of bankruptcy as it faces a new wave of sex abuse lawsuits.