Search Results (1117) for: missing
Full Fact→ Thousands share fake appeal for missing child ‘Sofia’
A picture of a different child has been used in a hoax appeal shared widely on Facebook.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Pentagon did not report trillions of dollars missing the day before 9/11
“The day before 9/11 the Pentagon reported $2.3 trillion missing.”
Full Fact→ Fake missing man appeal uses picture of pet detective
A Facebook post claiming a man is missing in Cookstown, Northern Ireland uses a picture of an Ohio-based pet detective.
Logically→ No, burgers and sausages do not contain human meat from missing children
Logically→ No audio recordings of the missing Titan submarine have been released
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Missing OceanGate Submarine’ NOT ‘Found Empty’ — Debris Found, Suffered ‘Catastrophic Implosion’
Was the "missing OceanGate submarine found empty" at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean by search-and-rescue teams? No, that's not true: The U.S. Coast Guard said on June 22, 2023, that the OceanGate Titan suffered a "catastrophic implosion
Full Fact→ Missing grandma hoax posts use photo taken from a 2016 blog
Almost identical posts appeared in community groups for locations across the UK.
AllSides→ Did a Game Controller Operate the Missing Sub Exploring Titanic?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/controller-missing-sub-titanic/ Claim: A video game controller was us
Truth or Fiction?→ The Missing Submarine and the ‘Logitech Controller’
On June 20 2023, “Logitech” trended on Twitter amid claims that a missing submersible that was intended to visit the remains of the Titanic was “controlled by a Logitech controller”: The Titanic tourist submarine that went mi
Full Fact→ Plea to help find missing grandma on Facebook is a hoax
The posts appear in community groups across the UK but use a photo from a genuine missing person appeal in the US, who has since been found.
Full Fact→ Facebook post does not show a missing man with dementia named ‘Mr Jones’
A Facebook post uses a photo from the US that has appeared in other hoax posts about missing elderly men.
Logically→ Video of roof flying off, narrowly missing people is unrelated to cyclone Biparjoy
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Postal Service Report Did NOT Confirm Driver’s Claims Of Missing Ballots
Did a U.S. Postal Service report confirm a driver's claims of missing ballots from the 2020 presidential election? No, that's not true: The report released did not corroborate the driver's claims and instead noted that "Investigators conf
Full Fact→ ‘Missing’ child appeal featuring boy with a baby deer is a hoax
Many versions of the fake appeal have been shared in Facebook community groups both in the UK and US.
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – Gov. Ron DeSantis’ claim about benefits for immigrants in California is missing context
“A place like California, they give (immigrants in the country illegally) benefits. They give unemployment checks.”
Full Fact→ Hoax posts about missing boy ‘Brandon Smith’ shared across England
Identical posts have appeared in social media groups for communities in Doncaster, Whaley Bridge and Gateshead.
Full Fact→ Fake missing child post uses photo of boy witnessing family pet being put down
The posts claiming the boy has gone missing in the UK use an image shared by a woman in the US in 2020.
Full Fact→ Hoax posts about missing dog use photograph that has appeared in blogs for years
The posts all have the same image and wording but appear in community groups across the UK.
Full Fact→ Hoax posts about missing ‘William Daniels’ shared widely on Facebook
Identical posts have been shared across the UK.
Full Fact→ Man pictured with caravan has not gone missing in Grimsby
The picture used to show the man has previously been shared online in the US with claims the caravan in it has been stolen.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Uncle And Dog Are Missing — It’s A Scam Post
Does this post authentically report someone's elderly uncle named Martin Jones went missing while out with their dog Baxter? No, that's not true: This is a "bait and switch" Facebook post. Social media posts that make this type of claim a
Full Fact→ Image of plane underwater doesn’t show missing MH370
The plane in the picture is a Lockheed Martin aircraft that was purposely sunk off the coast of Jordan.
Logically→ The photo shows an unrelated underwater plane in Jordan, not missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370
Full Fact→ Missing girl Facebook post is a hoax
The photograph of a girl who’s supposedly just been found in a number of locations is at least seven years old.
Full Fact→ Hoax appeal for missing boy and dog uses images of a child in the US first shared in 2019
The post, which is similar to other hoax appeals we’ve written about recently, claims an autistic boy named Brandon Smith has gone missing with his dog.
Full Fact→ Missing girl hoax uses photos from US of two different children
The Facebook post uses photos of two different children who both went missing in the US.
Full Fact→ Hoax alert about missing boy and dog uses stock image
A post about a boy named Brandon Smith has been shared in community Facebook groups.
Full Fact→ Facebook hoaxes about missing UK children use old photos from the US
The posts have appeared in community groups across the UK.
Full Fact→ Advice to ‘NEVER’ give babies water is missing context
A video on social media, and written up in the Mail Online, warns against giving young babies water. But some babies may need some in hot weather.
Full Fact→ Facebook posts about missing woman with dementia are hoaxes
The posts appear in community groups across the UK and even in the US.
Full Fact→ Hoax alerts for missing pensioner shared thousands of times
Identical posts falsely claiming a man named Martin Jones has gone missing have been shared across the UK.
Full Fact→ Hoax posts about ‘missing’ man ‘Martin Jones’ recirculating on social media
False claims that an elderly man with dementia is missing are circulating widely in local Facebook groups.
Full Fact→ Fake missing autistic boy and dog posts go viral on social media
The image being used was taken from a video about an American boy being reunited with his lost pug.
Full Fact→ Facebook post appealing to find missing dog’s owner is a hoax
The photo used in this post comes from a genuine post about a lost dog being found.
Full Fact→ Video of woman stuffing seagull into bag is missing context
An out-of-context video has left social media users wondering if seagulls are being eaten due to the cost of living crisis.
Full Fact→ Facebook hoax about missing child uses photo of girl believed to have been murdered years ago
A Facebook post claiming to be a mother searching for her missing daughter is a hoax. It uses the photo of a girl who is believed to have been murdered in New Hampshire, US.
Full Fact→ Post about man with dementia missing with his dog is a hoax
A Facebook post claims that a man with dementia is lost with his dog and needs help getting home. It is a hoax.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Claim About Biden Having Spent 40 Percent Of His Presidency ‘On Vacation’ Is Missing Context
Is the claim that President Joe Biden has spent 40 percent of his presidency "on vacation" a straightforward statement? No, that's not true: It's missing context. The count includes days the president makes public appearances and days he
AllSides→ Explaining the Missing Context of Tucker Carlson’s Jan. 6 Presentation
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/03/explaining-the-missing-context-of-tucker-carlsons-jan-6-presentation/