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#CapitolHill is on lockdown. This is a breaking news situation and a VERY important time to slow down, take a breath and be diligent about how you find reliable information and get the facts on social media. (THREAD) 
STEP 1: Check your emotions. This is a highly volatile situation and emotionally charged moment. It's crucial that you take a step back and make sure your emotions are not clouding your judgment as you try to figure out what is going on.
These are the moments that bad actors thrive on -- when you are not thinking straight and just click share on anything you see. This is when you really need to PAUSE. Go for a walk if you need to. This is super important.
This video is ❌NOT LEGIT!❌ Although it’s been circulating a lot lately, it’s already been debunked SEVERAL times.
You can read the debunk by @Forbes here: forbes.com/sites/brucelee…
And the debunk by @Reuters here: reuters.com/article/uk-fac…
After that thread about @Wayfair 👇, we received tons of replies from people that felt our reporting wasn’t as thorough as it could have been, so we did some more research to get to the bottom of it.
FYI this is @mediawise editorial director @kriswellesley chiming in here. I think it’s important that we figure out whether the children’s names we’re constantly seeing associated with this conspiracy are in fact missing. So here we go...
Yaritza Castro, Samara Duplessis, Cameron Dziedzic, Mary Durrett, Kylah Coleman & Samiyah Mumin are all allegedly missing and connected to Wayfair because their names were used in a pillow or cabinet product listing.
You’ve probably seen a lot of talk about @Wayfair and it’s alleged use of storage cabinets as a means for child trafficking, including this one.👇🏾 So we decided to look into it...
First, we searched “Wayfair and child trafficking” in Google. The only article we found was from @Newsweek, which states that the claim originated on a Conspiracy subreddit. newsweek.com/wayfair-child-… #Wayfair
As the theory gained traction online, many Twitter users claimed that searching the stock keeping unit number (SKU) for each Wayfair product on a Russian search engine would bring up photos of children. Newsweek reported that is not the case.
Follower @SJamesC7 got our eyes on this tweet claiming that regions across the U.S. have been placed under martial law. But this actually isn’t true!
It is true that there have been protests following #GeorgeFloyd’s death in every single US state. And according to this chart from Forbes, 23 states have the National Guard deployed. forbes.com/sites/niallmcc…
However, martial law has NOT been enacted. As @PolitFact says here, martial law is used when civil forces are overwhelmed. That has not happened yet.
Hey @rachelzegler , we’ve noticed there’s been a lot of talk around @tiktok and it’s blocking of the #blacklivesmatter and #GeorgeFloyd hashtag, so we decided to look into it...
It’s always best to go to the root of the problem. We went over to @tiktok and decided to take a look. Here’s a video of us making a Tik Tok. The hashtag alongside the view count is listed.”
Another twitter user shared a screenshot that had the views for these hashtags at 0, which isn’t the case.
Is that an explosion in D.C or the scene out of a movie? Should I trust the account spreading news about looting? As the #blacklivesmatter and #GeorgeFloydProtests continues, you’re going to see a lot of #misinformation online. Here’s how to make sure you don’t share it:
We’re cracking open (virtually) the Verification Handbook for Disinformation and Media Manipulation, an EXCELLENT resource for fact-checking spearheaded by @CraigSilverman (with a bunch of awesome contributors), and bringing you some tips for verifying posts.
1. Make sure you’re looking at an authentic account. It could be a fake account or even a bot designed to spread #misinformation. Do another reverse image search 🔎 on the account’s profile image to see if it has been used before under a different name.
Jane is an expert on disinformation and her reporting is very reliable. Please read and share this story and *fact-check info before you share it* you can do that by answering 3 questions...
These were created by @SHEG_Stanford:
1) WHO IS BEHIND THE INFO? Check their profile. Google them. Any red flags? Potential bias? Are they an expert on the subject?
1) WHO IS BEHIND THE INFO? Check their profile. Google them. Any red flags? Potential bias? Are they an expert on the subject?
2) WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE? any primary source info to back up what they are saying? Any links to more info?
You may have seen people talking about @Twitter adding labels to @realDonaldTrump’s tweets, like this one this morning. But wait wait wait. What is this about?
This is a new thing. Check out this thread from @TwitterSafety, the official Twitter Public Safety Account explains why they thought it was in the public interest to flag Trump’s tweet this morning.
Backstory: check out this announcement from @Twitter Twitter on May 11. They said they were planning to put to new labels on tweets that might be confusing or misleading related to #covid19. Now it seems they’re expanding this strategy to other topics. blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/p…
As circumstances surrounding #covid19 change, you may start seeing more information about businesses reopening on your timeline. BE ON HIGH ALERT! As consumers of news and information AND concerned citizens, we all should know where to go to find accurate info. Here’s the deal…
Be cautious of the info you’re seeing online (per usual). Verify the validity of information before sharing it. It is in everyone’s best interest that we ALL commit to verifying the facts on social media before we drop it in a group chat, tag a friend or RT!
You might be wondering “well how do I do that?” It’s simple! If you’re looking for information about the #coronavirus itself such as how to behave, the number of cases, etc., @CDCgov and @WHO are the best, most reliable resources for this info.
Can you bee-lieve it’s the last day of #MediaLitWk? We’re closing out the week with a twitter thread fact-check. Big shout out to @ohbikepilot for alerting us to this claim by using #isthislegit. Let’s get started!
First thing’s first. Who is behind the information? It’s hard to say who’s behind the Physics and Astronomy Zone account. We went straight to the site - NO byline & NO helpful info on the site 🚩🚩🚩.
The article hyperlinked just one source...a Spanish site🤔. We translated the article and learned — it was @earthwatch_org who declared the bee as the most important species on the Earth.
We have some pretty big news to share 👀....@mediawise will begin fact-checking political content. Now that we’re fully staffed, covering politics is something we feel like we can tackle responsibly! 😄
🚨 It’s our goal to remain neutral - not supporting one political party or another. We’ll cover what's #trending 🤳🏽 and focus our story choices on topics that are most relevant to our teen audience 💬.
You’re probably wondering “What’s next?” 🤨🤔 Well, we want to hear your ideas! 😁Continue sending us claims online you want us to check out using the hashtag #isthislegit and tagging @mediawise 👍🏽
Meet the new @mediawise Ambassadors & learn why they joined the project in their own words! @johngreen @WatchSavannah @PeterHamby @SoldierKnowBest @smartereveryday @ingridnilsen @LesterHoltNBC 🎉
Award-winning, #1 bestselling author, one of @TIME 100 Most Influential People in the World, @YouTube creator and Host of @mediawise Crash Course: Navigating Digital Information @johngreen
Beauty & wellness @YouTube creator, @TrevorProject TrevorLIVE Digital Innovator award recipient, and UN Change Ambassador for Gender Equality @ingridnilsen
