A new low for FBI fearmongering? The FBI is warning people that rideshare drivers may be trying to abduct their kids. The agency reports that there is a "trend" of "criminal actors using rideshare vehicles to abduct minor victims."
To normal people, a "trend" means something that happens with some frequency. And yet the FBI offers no data to suggest that abductions by Uber, Lyft, or other rideshare drivers are actually widespread. Instead, the agency offers three "illustrative examples"—only two of which actually involve alleged criminal activity by drivers. And only one of these potentially criminal cases took place in the United States.
