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Claim: Microsoft Co-Founder and billionaire Bill Gates owns a farm that produces potatoes used in McDonald’s french fries. On March 21, 2024, a claim about Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates and McDonald’s french fries received renewed interest when a conspiracy-promoting account on X (formerly …
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Claim: In March 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released an entirely redacted, 148-page study on myocarditis outcomes after a COVID-19 vaccination. In March 2024, anti-vaccine advocates claimed that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had released a …
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Claim: The Red Cross asks potential blood donors whether they have received a COVID-19 vaccine. Context The Red Cross does ask potential blood donors whether they have received a COVID-19 vaccine, but contrary to what has been implied by internet rumormongers, this does not mean your blood has been …
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Claim: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died from the COVID-19 vaccine. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died suddenly on Feb. 16, 2024, in an Arctic penal colony, where he was serving a 19-year prison sentence. After Navalny’s death, some social media posts claimed he had died from …
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Claim: On X (formerly Twitter), MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow posted “If you truly are vaccine injured, PLEASE consider not blasting your health problems on social media. Antivaxxers are using every example of injury, no matter how small, to spread dangerous propaganda about the vaccine.” In mid-February …
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Claim: Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates said that U.S. citizens must accept digital IDs by 2028 or face exclusion from society. In mid-January 2024, a meme about Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates and digital identifications (IDs) was shared widely on the social media platform X: (Twitter) The meme …
Read MoreClaim: An “extreme snuff film” called “Frazzledrip” that supposedly shows Hillary Clinton and aide Huma Abedin torturing and killing a child to extract “adrenochrome” from its blood, actually exists. In late January 2024, the word “Frazzledrip” echoed across the internet after an X account known …
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Claim: A video from December 2023 authentically depicts Bill Gate speaking at COP28 (Conference of Parties) in Dubai, U.A.E. A video of Bill Gates speaking at COP28 – the 28th annual United Nations climate change conference held in Dubai – went viral over the weekend. Gates, who turned 68 this past …
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Claim: Billionaire Bill Gates owns or has purchased the company that makes Bragg apple cider vinegar. In late 2023, Snopes received numerous requests from readers asking what seemed like a rather innocuous question: “Did Bill Gates purchase the company which makes Braggs apple cider vinegar?” At …
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Claim: A photograph genuinely shows a “young Bill Gates” riding a bicycle in the 1970s. An image purportedly showing a “young Bill Gates” on a bicycle in the 1970s has circulated on social media since at least 2015. Yet posts that included the pic often provided little – or no – evidence to support …
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