Hoax about mass kidnappings circulates on social media, Virginia State Police say

Hoax about mass kidnappings circulates on social media, Virginia State Police say

Virginia State Police said this week that they are aware of videos posted on social media featuring missing children in the state. They said these videos are fake and the department is not investigating any reports of mass abductions in Virginia.

“When that information gets out into the public, as false as it may be, it blossoms, and other people latch on to it,” said John Bischoff, vice president of the Missing Children Division at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Their center uses social media to get information out about missing children across the U.S.

When the fake videos were posted, he said the center, as well at the Virginia State Police, got a lot of people calling in.

“So