About: http://data.cimple.eu/claim-review/8286e5a07e37eb8467f644fe911a717c64d1409c5238fe8ccbf65110

Facets (new session)
Description
Metadata
Settings
- owl:sameAs
- Inference Rule:

About: http://data.cimple.eu/claim-review/8286e5a07e37eb8467f644fe911a717c64d1409c5238fe8ccbf65110 Goto Sponge NotDistinct Permalink

An Entity of Type : schema:ClaimReview, within Data Space : data.cimple.eu associated with source document(s)

Attributes	Values
rdf:type	schema:ClaimReview
http://data.cimple...lizedReviewRating	not credible
schema:url	http://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zip-ties-windshields/
schema:text	In November and December 2019, a meme circulated on Facebook warning that human traffickers were leaving zip ties on women's windshield wipers as they shopped to mark them as potential victims/targets for abduction: This was a variation of a familiar meme that we identified as false in July 2019. At that time we reported: Human trafficking affects millions of people worldwide, but it’s also the frequent subject of viral scarelore — fictional tales intended to frighten audiences, often prompting them to share without questioning the story. One such story went viral in October 2018 and again in late July 2019 when social media users shared a meme stating that human traffickers were leaving zip ties (in some posts, black in color) on homes, mailboxes, and cars, of potential female victims to either mark them as targets or distract and abduct them for sex-trafficking purposes when the women try to remove the ties. The hoax initially centered on San Angelo, Texas, in October 2018 but police there quickly debunked it. We rate the newer variation as "False" as well, because although police in College Station, Texas, addressed the meme and reminded citizens to always be aware of their surroundings, officers were unaware of zip ties being used by human traffickers to mark potential victims. Have you seen other variations of this claim? Let us know.
schema:mentions	Human trafficking Meme Social media Facebook dbpedia:San_Angelo,_Texas The Hoax College Station, Texas
schema:reviewRating	False
schema:author	snopescom
schema:datePublished	2019-12-02 (xsd:date)
schema:inLanguage	English
schema:itemReviewed	http://data.cimple.eu/claim/ff5b3c3010628f971ed4aa28d8699c4559dee9fce14c1f0fd10edaa7

Faceted Search & Find service v1.16.115 as of Oct 09 2023

Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE Content Formats:

RDF

ODATA

Microdata

About

OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3238 as of Jul 16 2024, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-musl), Single-Server Edition (126 GB total memory, 5 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2025 OpenLink Software