Some social media posts are praising singer Child Rock and chastising singer Taylor Swift for his or her responses to Hurricane Helene.
“Child Rock heads to North Carolina with Tens of millions in provides. Taylor Swift Nowhere to be Discovered,” an Oct. 8 Threads put up stated.
We discovered a number of social media posts utilizing the identical language.
This Threads put up was flagged as a part of Meta’s efforts to fight false information and misinformation on its Information Feed. (Learn extra about our partnership with Meta, which owns Fb, Instagram and Threads.)
A Google search of the Threads put up’s precise phrases tells a special story. It led us to a satirical article on The Dunning-Kruger Instances, a part of the America’s Final Line of Protection community, a self-described community of “parody, satire and tomfoolery.”
(Screenshot from Threads)
The satire website has two different fabricated tales accusing Swift of not caring about hurricane victims. One stated she refused to play a profit live performance (however Child Rock is). One other stated Swift was caught on a scorching mic trashing hurricane victims.
The Threads put up and others shared the headline of the satirical article as actual with out disclaimers it was comedy.
Swift has, in accordance with official information stories, donated $5 million to assist victims of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. The nonprofit group Feeding America thanked Swift for her donation in an Oct. 9 Instagram put up.
We discovered no credible information articles in a search of Google and the Nexis information database that Child Rock has donated “hundreds of thousands in provides” to North Carolina storm victims. We discovered two stories that he donated to a GoFundMe marketing campaign for Helene victims began by former President Donald Trump. These stories gave conflicting quantities, both $20,000 or $50,000. A search of the GoFundMe web page confirmed a person named Child Rock donating $20,000. Rock additionally shared a hyperlink to the GoFundMe on Fb and his X account.
The declare that Child Rock has donated hundreds of thousands in provides in North Carolina whereas Taylor Swift was nowhere to be seen originated on a satirical web site, however many customers are sharing it as actual. The declare is False.
