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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
    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 Out Of Context
  • Fact Check: London Mayor Did NOT 'Sign Up All Nine Million Londoners For The Planetary Health Diet' And 'Vegetarian Plan' In October 2023 -- Claim Distorts His Statements

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    Did London Mayor Sadiq Khan impose restrictions on meat consumption on all city residents as of October 20, 2023? No, that's not true: While the mayor publicly promotes increased vegetable consumption, he neither introduced rationing of meat nor enacted a total ban on this category of food. Posts on social media mislead about his policies. In addition, Khan first announced…

    • Oct 20, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: London Mayor Did NOT 'Sign Up All Nine Million Londoners For The Planetary Health Diet' And 'Vegetarian Plan' In October 2023  -- Claim Distorts His Statements Exaggerated
  • Fact Check: Bellingcat Did NOT Conclude Ukraine Smuggled Weapons to Hamas -- Claim Comes From Fake BBC Video

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    Did the BBC produce a video stating that Bellingcat proved Ukraine was selling NATO weapons to Hamas in the months leading up to the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel? No, that's not true: The BBC website does not contain such reporting, and investigative journalism group Bellingcat did not publish the purported investigation either. Both organizations publicly refuted the claim.…

    • Oct 11, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Bellingcat Did NOT Conclude Ukraine Smuggled Weapons to Hamas -- Claim Comes From Fake BBC Video No Such Report
  • Fact Check: Putin Did NOT 'Warn' WEF's Klaus Schwab His 'Days Are Numbered'

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    Did Vladimir Putin say on October 5, 2023, that World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab is a "global terrorist" and that "his days are numbered"? No, that's not true: the Russian president never referred to Schwab during a speech. Contrary to the claim in an online article, Putin did not describe Schwab as a "global terrorist" during the address. The…

    • Oct 9, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Putin Did NOT 'Warn' WEF's Klaus Schwab His 'Days Are Numbered' Not His Words
  • Fact Check: Klaus Schwab Did NOT Call Elon Musk A 'Dangerous Extremist Fuse In The Internet' -- Video Was Unrelated To Musk

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    Did Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, say in a video that Elon Musk is acting as a "dangerous extremist fuse in the internet"? No, that's not true: The clip does not mention Musk and it was taken out of the context of a longer video. The footage was filmed as a message about a…

    • Oct 5, 2023
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Klaus Schwab Did NOT Call Elon Musk A 'Dangerous Extremist Fuse In The Internet' -- Video Was Unrelated To Musk Not Mentioned
  • Fact Check: Phoenix Did NOT 'Impose WEF's Ban On Meat, Dairy, Private Cars,' As of September 28, 2023

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    Did Phoenix become the "first U.S. city" to prohibit "meat, dairy, private cars" in September 2023 at the directive of the World Economic Forum? No, that's not true: Had it been a real ban, it would have been officially announced on the government website of Phoenix, which has no traces of it. The claim stems from a misleading interpretation of…

    • Sep 28, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Phoenix Did NOT 'Impose WEF's Ban On Meat, Dairy, Private Cars,' As of September 28, 2023 Didn't Happen
  • Fact Check: WEF Does NOT Call For 'COVID Concentration Camps' To Jail Those Who Question Official Narrative

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    Did the World Economic Forum (WEF) call on governments to establish "COVID concentration camps" globally for individuals who do not comply with the "official narrative" related to COVID-19? No, that's not true: A WEF representative called it, "fake news." There is no credible information supporting these claims. The claim appeared in an article (archived here) published by The People's Voice…

    • Sep 19, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: WEF Does NOT Call For 'COVID Concentration Camps' To Jail Those Who Question Official Narrative Not Reported
  • Fact Check: UK's MI6 Did NOT Reveal 'Weather Weapon' Used To Cause Wildfires In Hawaii

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    Did the UK's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) reveal in August 2023 that the wildfires in Hawaii were caused by a "weather weapon" developed by the U.S. government? No, that's not true: The claim is part of a Chinese disinformation campaign. Additionally, there is no credible information or evidence to suggest that the wildfires in Hawaii were caused by such a…

    • Sep 13, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: UK's MI6 Did NOT Reveal 'Weather Weapon' Used To Cause Wildfires In Hawaii China Disinfo
  • Fact Check: WEF Did NOT Sign 'Order Cancelling US Election' To Make Americans 'Ruled By Global Elite For Their Own Good'

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    Did the World Economic Forum (WEF) issue an "order" banning elections in the United States and will Americans from now on be ruled by a global elite? No, none of it is true: A non-governmental organization such as the WEF doesn't have the capacity or power to override the existing American laws. The article's headline notwithstanding, the source cited to…

    • Sep 11, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: WEF Did NOT Sign 'Order Cancelling US Election' To Make Americans 'Ruled By Global Elite For Their Own Good' No Such Order
  • Fact Check: 14 U.S. Cities Did NOT 'Sign WEF Treaty To Ban Meat, Dairy, Private Cars by 2030'

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    Did 14 American cities join a "World Economic Forum treaty" imposing a total ban on meat, dairy and private cars by 2030? No, that's not true: At the time of writing, there is no such WEF treaty. The source of the claim cited an unrelated report that explored several emission reduction models and was not meant to become a law…

    • Aug 22, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: 14 U.S. Cities Did NOT 'Sign WEF Treaty To Ban Meat, Dairy, Private Cars by 2030' Study≠Ban
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