Fact check: No, Taylor Swift did not say the Statue of Liberty should be removed

As demands for local authorities to remove Confederate monuments take place nationwide, Taylor Swift has been falsely accused in social media posts of advocating for the removal of the Statue of Liberty.

with over 1,000 shares on Facebook of an alleged screenshot of a news article headline,"Taylor Swift Says We Should Remove The Statue Of Liberty." Below it reads a misspelled subhead that reads,"How can you have a moment to freedom that was built by slaves. Racist monuments make me sick."

The screenshot makes it appear as if the story was published June 18 bya news outlet in Brazil, g1.globo.com.were also quick to share the claim, criticizing Swift but tweeting that the Statue of Liberty was made by the French and not slaves.No evidence of storyof "Taylor Swift" on G1 brings up no stories about her and the Statue of Liberty.

A search of articles posted on June 18 to the Brazilian news site also resulted in no matches. No results came up after a search of the subheading as well.

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