Police in PA say online posts about missing people, local crimes are false

💻 Bristol Township police posted recent examples of false information

💻 Without any fact checks misinformation can easily spread

💻 How do you identify misinformation?

BRISTOL TOWNSHIP, Pa. – If you see a desperate message on your Facebook feed about a missing girl, a brutal attack on someone after they opened their door to someone needing help, or a bruised infant wandering around a neighborhood, police they’re all false.

Bristol Township police shared screenshots of the posts from the Croydon, Bucks County PA. Facebook page seeking help locating a 12-year-old girl missing from Croydon for four days and warning about a man who attacked a single mother with a knife and stole a car from an 84-year-old woman.

“This is another fake social media post. Please do not engage with the post. We will be attempting to have the post reported to Facebook as a scam and ultimately removed,” the department wrote on its Facebook page…

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