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USA TODAYCrime & justice

President Donald Trump signed 9 executive orders to combat child trafficking

Publisher’s rating: Partly false

USA TODAY examined a Facebook post by Doug Ellingson, published Aug. 29, that claimed President Donald Trump had signed nine executive orders to combat child trafficking. The review connects the number nine to a different statement by Ivanka Trump: during her August Republican National Convention speech, she said her father had signed nine pieces of anti-human-trafficking legislation. The post changed both the type of action—from legislation to executive orders—and the description of the trafficking addressed. [S1: “During her speech at the Republican National Convention in August, Trump mentioned nine pieces of anti-trafficking legislation passed during the Trump administration.”] [S1: “The viral post has over 39,000 shares and over 1,900 reactions. Ellingson did not elaborate on the contents of the post in response to a request for comment from USA TODAY.”] The review checked the White House’s publicly available executive-order records and reported that Trump had issued two orders targeting human trafficking, not nine. One, signed Feb. 9, 2017, addressed transnational criminal organizations trafficking people; the other, signed Jan. 31, concerned online child trafficking and sexual exploitation in the United States. Thus, only one of the two was specifically about child trafficking. [S1: “Executive orders issued by the president are readily available to the public on The White House website. Trump has issued two executive orders targeting human trafficking.”] [S1: “The first, aimed at disbanding transnational criminal organizations that traffic humans, was signed on Feb. 9, 2017.”] [S1: “The second order concerned online child trafficking and sexual exploitation in the United States. It was signed Jan. 31.”] The review also checked congressional records for the legislation underlying the apparent confusion. It found eight bills expressly targeting human trafficking had been signed into law before the convention, while noting that other legislation addressed trafficking-related efforts. The distinction matters: bills passed by Congress and signed into law are not executive orders, and the review’s two-order count covers human-trafficking orders rather than nine child-trafficking orders. [S1: “According to the website for Congress, before the RNC in August, Trump had signed eight bills expressly targeting human trafficking into law:”] [S1: “The claim mistakes nine pieces of anti-human trafficking legislation for executive orders signed by Trump to combat child trafficking.”]

Vishvas NewsCrime & justice

ஹத்ராஸ்..இது #டாக்டர்_ராஜ்குமாரி என்ற #நக்சல் பெண், பாதிக்கப்பட்டவரின் போலி மைத்துனராக மாறி செப்டம்பர் 14 முதல் செப்டம்பர் 25 வரை பாதிக்கப்பட்டவரின் வீட்டில் வசித்து, பாதிக்கப்பட்டவரின் மைத்துனராக செய்தி தொலைக்காட்சிகளுக்கு நேர்காணல்களை வழங்கினார்

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerned a photograph shared with a post alleging that Dr. Rajkumari was a “Naxal” woman who posed as the victim’s sister-in-law, stayed at the family’s home from September 14 to 25, and gave television interviews as a relative. The review’s investigation focused first on who appeared in the photograph and then on the separate reports about Dr. Rajkumari and the Hathras family. It concluded that the pictured woman was not Rajkumari but Pratibha Borkar, the Goa Congress social media head. The review describes the image as an older photograph of Borkar being circulated with a false claim.

Deutsche Presse-AgenturCrime & justice

Wenn eine Betrüger-Masche gehäuft auftritt, informieren in der Regel Behörden die Bürgerinnen und Bürger darüber. In einem Facebook-Post von Anfang Oktober 2020 ist die Rede von einer aktuellen Warnung der Kreisverwaltung Neuwied (hier archiviert). Die Verwaltung der Stadt in Rheinland-Pfalz warne vor Menschen in Schutzanzügen, die sich an Haustüren als vermeintliche Mitarbeiter des Gesundheitsamtes Zugang zu Wohnungen verschaffen wollen.

Publisher’s rating: Die Warnung der Kreisverwaltung ist mehr als sechs Monate alt.

The post discussed in the claim referred to a warning from the Neuwied district administration about people in protective suits allegedly going door to door and posing as health-office staff to gain access to homes. The review traced that warning to a Facebook post published by the administration on March 20, 2020; it said residents should contact police if they noticed anything suspicious. The review reports that Neuwied police confirmed to the German Press Agency on October 13 that the warning was an old post. It also says the district administration had not issued a current warning with that content on either its Facebook page or its website. Thus, the post described an earlier warning as current, whereas the evidence cited in the review places it in March and reports that the administration had not republished it as a current alert.

FACTLYCrime & justice

ఆకలి తీర్చుకోవడం కోసం బ్రెడ్ దొంగతనం చేసిన కుర్రాడి ఫోటో. కుర్రాడి ఆకలి తీర్చడంలో విఫలమైనందున కోర్టు లో ఉన్నవారని, షాప్ యజమానిని జరిమానా కట్టాలని తీర్పు ఇచ్చిన జడ్జీ

Publisher’s rating: FALSE