"Don't park near a white van," Baltimore Mayor Bernard "Jack" Young said in a TV interview on Monday . In Georgia, police investigating reports of suspicious white vans have asked the public to call 911 rather than post on social media. Going viralSightings of "suspicious" white vans in Baltimore have been reported on Facebook for years. Murray said she had seen reports on social media of suspicious white vans but she thought people were exaggerating -- mysterious white vans are a "big thing in movies," she thought, and believed that might have added to the exaggeration. The fact-check has been applied to some Facebook posts about white vans, meaning Facebook users who try to view those posts will be alerted that the information is false.

Source: CNN December 04, 2019 17:37 UTC