{"id":815889,"date":"2026-07-21T07:34:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/815889\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T07:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:34:45","slug":"misinformation-concern-raised-about-missing-calgary-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/815889\/","title":{"rendered":"Misinformation concern raised about missing Calgary boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/calgary.citynews.ca\/2026\/07\/17\/search-ongoing-for-missing-calgary-boy-appeal-issued\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">search continues for 11-year-old Parker Wells<\/a>, police are advising caution about AI generated content about the case.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary police say inaccurate content is spreading online, including unverified images, videos and claims about sightings of Parker and his whereabouts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously it\u2019s a massive waste of time. And it takes away the resources that we need to find Parker and bring him home,\u201d Calgary police Acting Staff Sgt. Scott Guterson told a news conference Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Some social media posts falsely claim that Parker had been found dead, and Guterson agrees it\u2019s a concern that some Calgarians may mistakenly decide to stop looking for the child as a result.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this time, we ask the public to exercise caution when viewing or sharing this content,\u201c police said in a statement about the AI-generated, altered and unverified images and videos.<\/p>\n<p>Police add that all appropriate images or updates will be shared directly through their official channels, and they\u2019re asking the public to report and not share any altered images, AI-generated content, or unconfirmed reports about Parker.<\/p>\n<p>CCTV or dashcam footage of Parker can be submitted to Calgary police: <a href=\"https:\/\/cps.ca.evidence.com\/axon\/community-request\/public\/ca26318270?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExQlhCaDRwdVNWWkR2UG9GMXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR4fhPfUAfj9UMLD79B_wrlwzL5eKe-PpqG8-VOiDR_DjRotoP54qxiZvWxUaA_aem_CelEepRCjO6UfKPMRb3Bww\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/cps.ca.evidence.com\/\u2026\/communi\u2026\/public\/ca26318270<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Calgary as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=calgary.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784110070_915_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the search continues for 11-year-old Parker Wells, police are advising caution about AI generated content about the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-815889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}