As the western United States battles wildfires, authorities are also fighting misinformation that is affecting their ability to do their jobs. Here, we will share links to articles about the falsehoods.
At least six groups have issued warnings about the false rumors, including some asking the public to stop sharing the misinformation. Police and local officials on the West Coast are battling multiple raging fires. They're also fighting a wave of misinformation from false rumors spread in …
New York CNN Business — Authorities in Oregon are pleading with the public to only trust and share information verified by official sources about the unprecedented wildfires sweeping the state. The pleas come as law enforcement agencies described 911 dispatchers being overrun with calls about a …
A charred swing set and car in Gates, Oregon on September 10, 2020 (AFP / Kathryn Elsesser) This article is more than one year old. • Published on …
Law enforcement pleaded with social media users to stop spreading such hoaxes. In early September 2020, rumors spread across social media that …
They weren't. Gabriel Trumbly, a Portland videographer who has spent roughly 90 of the past 100 days capturing the protests, wanted to take footage of …
SEATTLE (AP) — Emergency responders in the Pacific Northwest are fighting misinformation along with raging wildfires as people spread unsubstantiated social media posts blaming coordinated groups of arsonists from both the far left and far right for setting the blazes. The FBI said Friday that it’s …
This question has a simple answer. In September 2020, as wildfires burned millions of acres across the western United States, social media users began …
PORTLAND, Ore. — At least two employees of the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office helped disseminate false information about anti-fascists starting …
Law enforcement agencies said claims on social media that antifascist activists had set fires on the West Coast were unfounded. Officials dealing with catastrophic fires on the West Coast have had to counter social media rumors that the blazes were set by antifascist activists, publicly pleading …
Viral posts about a man who was arrested and accused of setting fires in Portland, Ore., have left out one important fact: Those fires were quickly put out. More than a week after wildfires began blazing in Oregon, Washington and California, false and exaggerated claims about the fires’ origins are …
Some social media users are using a map of wildfires in the United States to illustrate a political point: that the flames can’t be caused by climate …
