Were 174 batches of ballots missing in the Fulton County, Georgia, vote count? No, that's not true: A spokeswoman for the county said no ballots were missing. A clip making the claim did not provide any sourcing to support it. The claim a
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: White County Sheriff And Beebe Police In Arkansas Did NOT Issue Amber Alert For Purported Kidnapped And Missing 8-Year-Old Girl
Did the White County Sheriff and Beebe Police Department in Arkansas issue an Amber Alert for a kidnapped and missing 8-year-old girl? No, that's not true. A little girl did go missing in the town on May 13, 2021, but she was found "withi
Full Fact→ Fake missing child reports used to scam Facebook users
Posts reporting the disappearance of a girl called Ellie Morrad have been circulating on Facebook. One post says she went missing in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. But another says she went missing in Porthmadog in north west Wales. The photo accompan
Snopes→ Did Lin Wood Find Trump at White House and Biden Missing?
A series of bizarre images posted to Telegram in April 2021 by the QAnon-supporting attorney appeared to reference a stale conspiracy theory.
AFP Fact Check→ Doctored image of ‘missing’ Philippine president misleads social media users
A photo has been shared repeatedly in online posts that suggest it was manipulated to include Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte sitting at a desk with one of his longtime allies. The image circulated online as Filipinos speculated about Duterte
Snopes→ Missing Film Designer Found Dead Under Garbage in NYC Home
An Emmy-winning production designer who was known to be a hoarder has been found dead under a pile of garbage in her New York City home.
The Dispatch→ The EU Is Missing a Chance to Address Its Problems With Turkey
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Snopes→ For Media, Biden News Conference Notable for What’s Missing
Joe Biden's first presidential news conference was notable for what was missing after predecessor Donald Trump: no contentious exchanges with reporters, no Fox News and no questions about COVID-19.
Snopes→ Did Franz Kafka Invent Letters from a Missing Doll to Comfort a Little Girl?
"In the end, love will return in another way," the renowned author of "The Metamorphosis" was quoted as saying in viral social media posts.
Full Fact→ Details missing on levelling up funding
“We’re also looking at the levelling up fund that you’ve announced and you’ve come up with some priority areas. I noticed that your constituency of Richmondshire is in priority area one... I just wondered if you can give us som
AFP Fact Check→ The Pakistani mountaineer remains missing and the search is still ongoing
Multiple posts on Facebook and videos on YouTube claim that famous Pakistani mountaineer Ali Sadpara has been found alive after he was reported missing on February 5, 2021. The claim is false: Sadpara and his group of mountaineers went missing scaling
Truth or Fiction?→ Did 20 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses ‘Go Missing’?
Online speculation around former presidential advisor Jared Kushner swirled on social media after stories appeared about ongoing problems facing United States President Joe Biden’s administration as it continued fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, n
Logically→ 33 missing children were found in Southern California as part of “Operation Lost Angels.”
The FBI has recovered 33 children in a joint agency operation to recover missing children.
FactCheck.org→ Missing Context on Claim About ‘Antifa.com’
Quick Take Social media posts point out that the web address antifa.com now redirects to the White House website. That’s true, but in need of some important context: Whoever owns a domain name can instruct it to reroute to whichever website they&
Full Fact→ Viral posts about missing girl are false, again
A number of Facebook posts have appeared claiming that a 14-year-old girl is missing after being pulled into a car, and has not been seen for 48 hours. These posts are not true, and the websites they link to may be harmful. Despite using the same
Logically→ Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, and Hunter Biden are missing.
Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, and Hunter Biden have been videotaped from different events, and there is no evidence that they are missing.
Snopes→ Missing Cat Turns Up 3 Years After California Disaster
A pet cat believed killed along with her owner in a huge mudslide has been found three years later.
Snopes→ Indonesia Jet Carrying 62 Goes Missing on Domestic Flight
The Boeing 737-500 disappeared from radar four minutes after taking off from Indonesia's capital on a domestic flight, officials said.
Logically→ Chinese billionaire Jack Ma has been missing since October 2020.
Jack Ma has not been seen in public since October. Neither Alibaba nor the Chinese government has made a statement about his whereabouts.
Snopes→ Landslide in Norway Leaves 10 Injured, More Than 20 Missing
Some 700 people were evacuated near the Norwegian capital amid fears of further landslides.
Snopes→ Chihuahua Dog Missing for 5 Years in California Is Found
The tiny dog was reunited with her owner on thanks to microchip identification.
Snopes→ Was Boy Who Went Missing 40 Years Ago Reunited With Mom?
The 4-year-old supposedly disappeared one day while his mom was at work.
Snopes→ Was a Bus Full of Missing Voting Machines Found in Buckeye, Arizona?
Both local police and an attorney general's office have investigated the claim.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A School Bus Found In Buckeye, Arizona Was NOT Full Of Missing Voting Machines
Was a school bus found abandoned in Buckeye, Arizona, full of missing voting machines? No, that's not true: The bus was carrying office equipment that had been purchased at a surplus sale and all the invoices and receipts were present. Th
Snopes→ German Police Probe Mystery of Missing Giant Phallus Statue
Police in southern Germany have opened an investigation into the disappearance of a large wooden sculpture of a phallus from a mountainside where it appeared without explanation several years ago.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Executive Eric Coomer Is NOT Missing And The Company Has Not Closed Its Headquarters
Is Dominion Voting Systems vice president Eric Coomer missing and has the company closed its headquarters? No, that's not true: A video repeats unfounded claims Lead Stories has previously debunked: that Dominion Voting Systems has shutte
Snopes→ 2 Workers Dead, 1 Person Missing in Veterans Hospital Blast
West Haven firefighters described it as a “steam explosion” at a facilities building a short distance from the hospital.
Snopes→ Are 9.7M Votes for Trump Missing in California?
False conspiracy theories following the 2020 election continue to spread on social media.
AFP Fact Check→ The girl in this outdated missing person’s alert was murdered six years ago
A recent post appealing for help to find a missing child pictured wearing a blue top and white shorts has been shared thousands of times on Facebook. However, the appeal is outdated; the girl in the picture went missing in 2014 in the US state of Ala
Full Fact→ Labour’s tweet about Serco is missing some important context
The Labour party claimed on Twitter on 14 October that contact tracers working for local authorities are more effective than those employed by Serco, an outsourcing company that runs part of the NHS Test and Trace service in England. Labour tweeted tha
Snopes→ AP: Stocks Are Soaring, and Most Black People Are Missing Out
Americans who own stocks are pulling further away from those who don't, as Wall Street roars back to record heights while much of the economy struggles.
Full Fact→ How many children are missing or trafficked in the UK?
We’ve seen multiple posts online make general claims about the number of missing children in the UK, and around the world. We also know that there is a general interest right now in missing children due to incorrect claims made by online groups.&
Snopes→ Were 39 Missing Children Found in a Trailer in Georgia?
Operation Not Forgotten, spearheaded by the U.S. Marshals, resulted in the rescue of dozens of missing and endangered children.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘How is Finding 39 Missing Children in a Double Wide Trailer in Georgia NOT the Biggest News Story in America?’
An August 28 2020 Facebook post claiming authorities in Georgia found 39 missing children in a double wide trailer in Georgia went massively viral, apparently by pondering why it was not the biggest story in the United States: That post racked up
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 39 Missing Kids Were NOT Found In A Double Wide Trailer In Georgia — But ‘Operation Not Forgotten’ Was Covered Extensively In The Media
Were 39 missing kids found in a double wide trailer in Georgia, and is the media ignoring this story? No, that's not true. The U.S. Marshals announced in a press conference that they had rescued 26 missing children, found 13 others in a m
Truth or Fiction?→ Do 800,000 Children Go Missing Each Year in the United States?
As child trafficking rumors combined with COVID-19 disinformation went viral in August 2020, concurrent rumors appeared that 800,000 children go missing every year in the United States — or that 2,000 are disappeared each day: Vi
Snopes→ Former ‘Glee’ Star Naya Rivera Missing in SoCal Lake
Her young son was found on a boat wearing a life vest.
Snopes→ Seoul Mayor Missing, His Phone Turned Off, Search Underway
A longtime civic activist and human rights lawyer, Mayor Park Won-soon was elected as Seoul mayor in 2011 and became the city's first mayor to be voted into a third term in June last year.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Map Does NOT Show Current Number of Missing Children By County in Ohio
Does a map show the number of missing children by county in Ohio and is it the "human trafficking capital of the entire USA"? No, that's not true: the map shows the number of reports about missing children in 2018 but omits the fact that over
Snopes→ Did 28 Million Mail-In Ballots Go ‘Missing’ in Last Four Elections?
"Conflating voters choosing not to cast their ballot with 'missing' ballots is a fundamental flaw," a vote-at-home advocacy group argued.