Claim: A six-year old girl named Ashley is missing from her home in Lancashire, and there is an amber alert activated to find her.
Fact-check: Hoax post about missing six-year-old girl shared on Facebook - Full Fact
Verdict: the photo of the girl appears to have been taken from a 2018 article about a missing dog reunited with its family in the us. there is no evidence this is a genuine appeal.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sarah Turnnidge
Date published: 2023-07-20T00:00:00