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Unpacking claims that 17 people went missing in Atlanta after job interviews set up through Indeed
Unpacking claims that 17 people went missing in Atlanta after job interviews set up through Indeed
In mid-April 2025, claims (archived) circulated online that 17 people went missing in Atlanta after going to job interviews set up through Indeed, a job listing site.
One TikTok user said:
Y'all, did y'all hear about 17 people have came up missing in Atlanta after they did an application on Indeed and was offered an interview? They went to their interview and no one ever heard from them ever since. This is scary, and we've gotta be careful, well, everybody's gotta be careful. If you applying on Indeed, be careful.
The claim circulated mainly (archived) on (archived) TikTok (archived) but also was popular on Facebook (archived). Snopes readers wrote in to ask whether the claim was true.
However, it was not possible to independently verify the details of the claim at the time of this writing. The Atlanta Police Department said on April 14 that while there had been four missing-persons reports in the past seven days, none matched the details given in the online claims. We found no credible news sources reporting the disappearances. The specifics of the claim also appeared inconsistent across postings, with no clear details of the age or gender of the applicants or the nature of the job they were applying for.
Indeed said via email:
We are aware of recent claims circulating online about missing individuals connected to job postings on our platform. These claims are unverified, and to date, we have seen no evidence to support them. We have not received any official reports or been contacted by law enforcement or other authorities about these allegations.
We also reached out to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and The Committee for Missing Children, two charities that work to find missing children, to ask if they had verified the claims, as some claims said the missing people were teenagers. We will update this story if we receive a response.
The claim began circulating (archived) around April 9, 2025, and was being repeated by users on TikTok (archived) and Facebook at the time of this writing.
However, different iterations of the claim generally featured inconsistent details. For example, an early claim posted on April 9, didn't specify the ages of the people who purportedly disappeared. However, some later claims referenced (archived) "nieces and nephews" or told (archived) "mothers and fathers" to beware of their children attending interviews arranged through Indeed. Other later (archived) claims said the people who disappeared were teenagers.
It was also unclear what job the applicants were allegedly interviewing for. One posting of the claim mentioned an interview at a "warehouse" at 7 p.m. but provided no further details. Another uploader (archived) also gave these details, though in reference to a separate but similar unverified story.
As the claim progressed, social media users also added content to repostings of popular videos. For example, one video posted on April 10, 2025, was shared again on April 12 with a poster showing missing children in Atlanta that was not in the original video.
The poster was identical to one used (archived) by the Save Our Adolescents From Prostitution project in 2019. Social media users noted this discrepancy while looking at the listed children's ages, which were correct in 2019 but not in 2025. For example, the poster listed one child as born in 2002 as 16 years old. The group confirmed via email that the poster was from 2019, describing it as "super old and not current."
Indeed said via email that its Trust and Safety team reviews and removes "tens of millions of job posts that don't meet our strict quality standards" every month and referred concerned users to its Guidelines for a Safe Job Search page.
Reference: Yahoo News: Laerke Christensen
Prince William and Kate Middleton's Easter plans revealed
Prince William and Kate Middleton's Easter plans revealed
The Prince and Princess of Wales are set to skip an Easter tradition as their plans for the holiday were revealed.
William and Kate are set to spend the Easter weekend with Prince George and Louis, and daughter Princess Charlotte at their country home in Norfolk.
They will not join the King and Queen at the usual family gathering at Windsor Castle.
The plans are to ‘enjoy some extended time as a family over Easter’, according to a royal source who spoke to the Mirror, and the King is said to have agreed.
They said: ‘They are choosing to spend time together as a family before the children go back to school.’
It is the second year running that William and Kate have chosen not to attend a service at Windsor. Last year’s service came only weeks after Kate was diagnosed with cancer.
William and Kate enjoy family time together
Kate is now in remission after she was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer last year.
The couple has a country home on the Sandringham estate known as Amner Hall and will spend Easter there, a source has said.
The area is important to the couple and the Waleses were seen in a video released last year enjoying the Noroflk countryside. It came after news Kate had completed her chemotherapy.
Kate has said she has a ‘spiritual’ connection with nature and that the natural world was her family’s ‘sanctuary’.
Likely to attend the service this year are Princess Anne and her husband Sir Tim Laurence, along with Prince Edward and wife Sophie.
It is not known if Prince Andrew will attend. The Duke of York and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson attended the service last year, however.
It comes as flight restrictions were revealed to be in place over the King’s home of Sandringham following a security scare during the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Security services requested the restrictions over the Norfolk estate on March 4, just days after King Charles III hosted Zelensky at his royal home. The order was signed off by transport secretary Heidi Alexander and was agreed with the Civil Aviathion Authority.
It restricts aircraft from descending below 2,000 feet for ‘reasons of public safety and security’ and came into effect on March 10.
The order says it was imposed because of ‘the need for security for members of the Royal Family and other dignitaries staying at or visiting Sandringham House’.
Visitors to Sandringham, as well as royal flights and the emergency services, are exempt from the order that was put in place following reports of drones flying over the estate during the weekend the Ukrainian leader was in the UK.
The King welcomed Mr Zelensky to Sandringham on March 2 following a defence summit in London.
The Sun reported that a source said it is understood a drone was traced to a man sitting in a car close to Sandringham. He was not a member of the media.
Another was traced to a photographer, but the source of one of the other drones was not clear.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs loses bid to delay sex-crimes trial: Live updates
Sean 'Diddy' Combs loses bid to delay sex-crimes trial: Live updates
NEW YORK − Federal prosecutors scored another win against Sean "Diddy" Combs on Friday.
U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian ruled against the Combs defense team's request to push back the start of his federal sex-crimes trial two months after its scheduled May 5 start date.
Combs' attorneys made the original request in a motion filed April 16 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, according to court documents obtained by USA TODAY.
Now, the Combs defense team will have limited time – less than three weeks – before the trial begins to prepare their arguments. The ruling comes as Combs now faces two new charges of sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution of "Victim-2" filed earlier this month.
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The embattled music mogul was arrested in September and has been charged with racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has pleaded not guilty to all five charges.
The federal indictment on criminal charges emerged amid a growing number of civil suits that allege Combs engaged in a pattern of abusive behavior over three decades including accusations of rape, sexual assault and physical violence.
Live updates from court:
Diddy's mother shows up to court
Combs' mother, Janice Combs, arrived at court April 18, donning sunglasses and sporting a bright blonde bob as she entered the courthouse to support her son. –Anika Reed
Why does Diddy want trial delayed?
The Sean John founder's lawyers have requested more time to prepare his defense in response to additional evidence and two new charges of sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution of "Victim-2." Combs' lawyers originally requested a two week, and later, a two-month delay, claiming in a April 16 motion that there is "substantially new conduct" alleged in the expanded April 3 indictment, and that the U.S. government is still producing evidence.
Combs' lawyers said in the filing that the proposed two-month delay would allow Combs the "necessary time" to prepare his defense. –Taijuan Moorman and Edward Segarra
What time does the Diddy court hearing begin?
The court hearing was scheduled to start at 11 a.m. ET on April 18. –Anika Reed
When does Diddy's trial start?
Combs' trial, which will take place in downtown Manhattan, is currently set to begin May 5 with jury selection. –Anna Kaufman
Is Diddy in jail?
Despite repeated attempts at bail, Combs was ordered to remain in custody at the Special Housing Unit in Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center ahead of trial — a ruling his legal team has challenged in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. He's been jailed since his arrest on Sept. 16. –Anna Kaufman
What is Diddy accused of?
Combs' federal case involves a narrow number of alleged victims.
Using RICO law, which is aimed at targeting multi-person criminal organizations, prosecutors allege that Combs coerced victims, some whom were sex workers, through intimidation and narcotics to participate in "freak offs" – sometimes dayslong sex performances that lawyers claim they have video of.
In March, prosecutors submitted a second superseding indictment, updating the amended indictment from January that added three unnamed women who were allegedly victims of his so-called sex trafficking enterprise, which claims Combs subjected employees to forced labor under inhumane circumstances. In a third superseding indictment, prosecutors added two additional charges – one count of sex trafficking and one count of transportation to engage in prostitution of "Victim-2" – to the previous three charges against him. –Anna Kaufman
What is a RICO charge?
Racketeering is the participation in an illegal scheme under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Statute, or RICO, as a way for the U.S. government to prosecute organizations contributing to criminal activity.
Per Combs' indictment, prosecutors say his racketeering activity included "multiple acts of kidnapping," arson, bribery, witness tampering, forced labor, sex trafficking, transportation for the purposes of prostitution and distribution of narcotics. –Anna Kaufman
Prince Harry reunites with Meghan Markle, Archie and Lili in California – and brings special gift
Prince Harry reunites with Meghan Markle, Archie and Lili in California – and brings special gift
The Duke of Sussex has recently been in the United Kingdom and Ukraine
Prince Harry is now back in Montecito, California, where he reunited with his wife, Meghan Markle, and their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
Meghan revealed the reunion on her Instagram Stories, as she shared clips of her getting breakfast ready for her family. The Duchess of Sussex baked pancakes, which dog Pula seemed very interested in, alongside a batch of fried eggs, fruit and jam from her As Ever brand.
However, in the final story, she revealed that her husband, Harry, had brought quite the treat back for his family. Click the video below to see what Harry brought back, and his sweet reaction to daughter Lilibet…
Harry's travels
The father-of-two has been away from his family over the past week after arriving back in the United Kingdom last Sunday ahead of his court appearances. Harry was challenging the legal decision to remove his personal security.
As he left court on Wednesday, Harry told the Daily Telegraph that "people would be shocked by what's being held back," adding that his "worst fears have been confirmed by the whole legal disclosure in this case and that's really sad".
The newspaper reported that Harry suggested the decision was an attempt to prevent him and his wife from quitting as working royals and moving abroad – which Buckingham Palace sources have strongly denied.
Alongside a trip back to the UK, Harry also made a private visit to Ukraine, where he visited the Superhumans Center, an orthopaedic clinic in Lviv, which helps to rehabilitate injured military personnel and civilians.
HELLO! understands he was invited by the organisation's CEO, Olga Rudneva, who had extended the invitation to the Duke on two separate occasions including during this year's Invictus Games.
A spokesperson confirmed that Harry toured the centre, met patients and medical professionals and visited the surgical team to better understand the state-of-the-art services being provided.
Wider family reunion?
Despite his trip back home, Harry didn't reunite with his wider family. HELLO! understands that the King landed in the British capital at 10:30am on Sunday for a scheduled cancer treatment, therefore it was "not possible" for Harry to meet with him. The Duke didn't land in the UK until 3:30pm.
However, it appears there could be another reason preventing the royal family members to reunite.
According to royal author Robert Hardman, Charles and Harry meeting up could pose "legal jeopardy" relating to Harry's ongoing court proceedings.
In the Mail's Palace Confidential, Robert said: "There is legal jeopardy which is the simple fact that here you have the son of the King suing the King's ministers in the King's court and that just creates all sorts of legal problems.
"It would only need Harry to have a conversation with his father and then afterwards let slip, 'Oh my dad said this or my dad said that' and as we know, he does repeat conversations quite readily.
"That could lead to all sorts of problems. It could actually bring down a court case because the king is the fount of justice. He has got to be very careful."
Meta claims it has 'no monopoly' as landmark antitrust trial gets underway
Meta claims it has 'no monopoly' as landmark antitrust trial gets underway
The Federal Trade Commission filed the antitrust lawsuit against Meta in 2020.
Lawyers for Meta told a federal judge on Monday that the social media company founded by billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is not a monopoly, countering a landmark lawsuit brought against it by the Federal Trade Commission accusing the tech giant of gobbling up its competitors to corner the market.
"Meta has no Monopoly,” Mark Hansen, an attorney for the company argued in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., as the trial got underway.
The case marks the first significant opportunity for President Donald Trump's administration to follow through on the president's campaign promise to take on Big Tech.
In court filings, the FTC argued that Meta purposefully and illegally undercut smaller rivals to "neutralize perceived competitive threats."
The FTC lawsuit, originally filed in 2020 when Meta went by Facebook, alleges that the company bought Instagram and WhatsApp to establish an illegal monopoly.
"Unable to maintain its monopoly by fairly competing, the company’s executives addressed the existential threat by buying up new innovators that were succeeding where Facebook failed," the FTC's attorneys wrote in the court documents.
FTC lawyers called Zuckerberg as their first witness on Monday. Zuckerberg faced questions about his company’s inner workings and how it has evolved in recent years to respond to competition from other social media platforms.
If Meta loses, the lawsuit could force a dismantling of the company by forcing it to break off the two apps, Instagram and WhatsApp, it purchased over a decade ago.
Meta’s legal team argued in court that the case centers on broader “industry issues" -- not just issues concerning Meta. They claimed that many of Meta’s innovations and acquisitions were in response to moves by "peer" tech companies.
During Monday's court proceedings, Meta’s lawyers said the company has been “pro-competitive,” arguing the government “doesn’t want to talk about” TikTok, a rival that they contend “rocked the world," and sent Meta into "a crisis.”
In opening statements, Meta’s lawyers claimed that "consumer welfare" is not the central issue in the case.
The company said it had to adapt after TikTok’s explosive growth during the pandemic.
"Meta didn’t even have a short-form video feature" when TikTok was launched in 2016 by the Chinese technology company ByteDance, Meta's lawyers argued.
Meta’s legal team added that many creators were initially skeptical of Instagram Reels, a product launched in response to TikTok, because short-form videos tended to monetize significantly less than longer traditional videos.
The social media company's lawyers pointed to other platforms adapting short-form videos like YouTube shorts, Snapchat, X (formerly known as Twitter) and LinkedIn as examples of similar responses to TikTok’s success. Meta, they said, had to “move with the times or end up like MySpace," the now-defunct social media site that dominated the industry two decades ago.
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Meta's lawyers also cited a 2021 Meta outage, during which users turned to other platforms. TikTok saw an 11% increase in users and YouTube gained 8%, Meta’s lawyers argued, presenting the figures as proof that competitors have substantial influence. They added that Meta accounts for less than 20% of total time spent on social media platforms.
Much of Zuckerberg’s early testimony Monday focused on the Facebook News Feed and how users interact with friends, something he said has shifted as people moved from desktop computers to mobile devices.
He acknowledged that the emphasis on friendship had declined as users began to share content differently. He noted that by 2018, there was growing discourse over whether time spent on social media was beneficial.
"The friend part has gone down quite a bit, it's still something we care about,” Zuckerberg testified. However, he added that friendship is now "one part of what we do."
Later Monday, the FTC lawyers questioned Zuckerberg about his company's acquisition of Instagram. The deal occurred after Facebook’s own camera app, Snap, failed to compete, the government's lawyers noted.
In emails from February 2012 read in court by the FTC lawyers, Zuckerburg wrote, "Snap might be a good first step but we’d be very behind in both functionality and brand core use cases of Facebook will develop in the mobile world, which is really scary and we might want to consider paying a lot of money for this."
When questioned about the 2012 Instagram purchase, Zuckerberg said his company had just gone public and had the capital. He characterized the email as an example of his desire to do a build-versus-buy analysis.
When asked about his "scary" remark, Zuckerberg testified that he “read this as trying to analyze, I think, where the value is with Instagram."
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"Some of the stuff is simply hypothetical, that this could potentially be scary. I’m not sure if I read this as I was really scared at the time," Zuckerberg said.
Zuckerberg said that when he wrote the email, he was thinking about whether it was the best approach to buy Instagram.
"By this point, I was leaning toward we should buy them if we could,” he testified.
Shortly after the conversation in February 2012, Meta bought Instagram in April for $1 billion.
In a statement released on Monday, Meta said, "The evidence at trial will show what every 17-year-old in the world knows: Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp compete with Chinese-owned TikTok, YouTube, X, iMessage and many others."
The company added, "More than 10 years after the FTC reviewed and cleared our acquisitions, the Commission’s action in this case sends the message that no deal is ever truly final. Regulators should be supporting American innovation, rather than seeking to break up a great American company and further advantaging China on critical issues like AI."
Zuckerberg is expected to return to the witness stand on Tuesday.
