“There are 500,000 “missing kids a year.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 21 Sep 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
In 2020, there were 365,348 reports of missing children made to law enforcement agencies that were recorded by the FBI’s National Crime Information Center. That’s down from 421,394 in 2019.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 21 September 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 September 2021, 8 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/jUPLr
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