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QAnon: Child runaways and trafficking numbers debunked
Tackling statistics spread by conspiracy theorists.
Tim Harford looks at false statistical claims online about missing and trafficked children in the US. These numbers have resurfaced online in part due to conspiracy theorists following QAnon. In the past few months they have inspired protests under the banner - 鈥楽ave Our Children鈥�. We wade through some of the false numbers with the help of Michael Hobbes, a reporter for Huff Post and the co-host of the podcast called You're Wrong About.
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