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  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Lead Advisor To The World Economic Forum' Revealing Plan To Hook 'Useless People' On Drugs And Video Games In 2023

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    Did a video on social media capture "the lead advisor to the World Economic Forum" advocating for making "useless people" addicted to drugs and video games? No, that's not true: The recording showed a pre-pandemic discussion about the societal dangers stemming from rapid technological development and growing health care inequalities. One of the two participants, Yuval Harari, is not "the…

    • Nov 7, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
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    • Jul 27, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: 'Top WEF Official' Did NOT Say That 'Dangerous Conspiracy Theorists Must Be Eliminated' No Such Quote
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    Did a "top official with the World Economic Forum (WEF)" call for "religious scripture to be 'rewritten' by artificial intelligence (AI) to create a globalized 'new Bible'"? No, that's not true: Author and WEF contributor Yuval Noah Harari, who is not considered a "top official" with the international economic organization, did not call for a "new Bible" to be written…

    • Jun 20, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: World Economic Forum Did NOT Call For 'Globalized New Bible' To Be 'Rewritten' By AI No Such Quote
  • Fact Check: World Economic Forum's Klaus Schwab Did NOT Tweet, Say 'Jesus Is the Original Fake News' -- It's A Fake News Story

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    Did the World Economic Forum (WEF) or its founder and executive chairman, Klaus Schwab, tweet or say that "Jesus is the original fake news"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the statement is from Schwab or the WEF. The claim, widely disseminated on social media, originally appeared in an article on a website known for publishing fake…

    • Jan 6, 2023
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: World Economic Forum's Klaus Schwab Did NOT Tweet, Say 'Jesus Is the Original Fake News' -- It's A Fake News Story Didn't Say It
  • Fact Check: Video Clips Do NOT Show Yuval Noah Harari Celebrating Plans For Dystopian Mass Surveillance

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    Does this video compilation of Yuval Noah Harari, a best-selling author and a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, show him celebrating plans for dystopian mass surveillance? No, that's not true: Harari often warns that humankind is at risk of being dominated by surveillance and artificial intelligence. He speaks and writes about these threats and does not welcome or…

    • Dec 9, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Video Clips Do NOT Show Yuval Noah Harari Celebrating Plans For Dystopian Mass Surveillance Fact Check: Video Clips Do NOT Show Yuval Noah Harari Celebrating Plans For Dystopian Mass Surveillance He's A Critic
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Klaus Schwab And 'Elites' Planning 'New World Order' And 'To Microchip The Human Race'

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    Does a viral video prove that the founder of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, and other speakers at WEF events planned to establish the "new world order" and "microchip human race"? No, that's not true: The heavily edited social media clip only shows short soundbites taken out of context, which alters the meaning of the speeches. The claim appeared…

    • Nov 10, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Klaus Schwab And 'Elites' Planning 'New World Order' And 'To Microchip The Human Race' Video Edits
  • Fact Check: 'Evil WEF Leader' Was NOT Caught Planning 'Mass Extinction Event'

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    Was World Economic Forum Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab caught planning a "mass extinction event"? No, that's not true: The article and video that said so did not discuss the actions or words of Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF), or anyone from the WEF's board of trustees. The allegedly "leaked" video in the claim presented as proof of…

    • Oct 26, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: 'Evil WEF Leader' Was NOT Caught Planning 'Mass Extinction Event' No Secret Plot
  • Fact Check: Organic Sulfur Does NOT Cure Stage 4 Cancer Or Reverse Autism

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    Does the organic sulfur compound methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) cure stage 4 breast cancer and reverse autism as well as relieve lupus symptoms? No, all but a grain of this is inflated or outright false. The grain of truth is that MSM has been found to reduce joint inflammation for some lupus sufferers. The other claims are false, as there is no…

    • Jul 2, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Organic Sulfur Does NOT Cure Stage 4 Cancer Or Reverse Autism No Cure
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