False claims of American casualties and that Iran had declared war on the U.S. added to growing inaccuracies on social media.
NBC News' Social Newsgathering team, which works to find, verify and report on trending and breaking news stories, debunked the material, which turned out to be out of date, out of place and misidentified.
In addition to erroneous photos and videos that have been shared online, a number of social media accounts posted false claims that Iraq had declared war on the United States, as well as reports of U.S. casualties in Tuesday's attacks, which Trump denied in an address to the nation Wednesday. The Selective Service System, the agency that handles registration of people eligible for the draft, said its site was experiencing high traffic volumes"due to the spread of misinformation." It said it was"conducting business as usual."
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