evidence: Australian social media users are sharing a conspiracy that more than 1000 children in Maui are missing following deadly wildfires on the Hawaiian island. [...] US-based fact-checking organisations USA Today and Lead Stories also investigated social media claims more than 1000 children were missing in Maui, and found the information to be false. [...] The claim more than 1000 children are still missing in Maui following the Hawaiian island’s August wildfires is false.