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☆ Fact Check-WEF did not sign an order canceling US elections
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The World Economic Forum (WEF) did not sign an order canceling U.S. elections nor does it have the power to do so, contrary to social media posts citing an opinion article by a WEF contributor discussing the idea of average citizens being elected instead of politicians. The article does not discuss handing elections over to elites, however, but instead the possible outcomes of randomly selected leaders and choosing average citizens to lead instead of politicians using a sort of lottery system. Regardless, the op-ed does not reflect WEF policy, as the People’s Voice article says. The People’s Voice did not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment. The World Economic Forum did not sign an order to cancel U.S. elections.

Persons: “, Klaus Schwab, Adam Grant, Grant, ”, ” Grant, ” Yann Zopf, Read Organizations: Economic, People’s, ”, “, Reuters Locations: Davos, Switzerland

☆ Fact Check-US cities did not sign a WEF treaty to ban meat, dairy and cars
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

No cities in the United States have signed a treaty banning meat, dairy and personal cars by 2030, as suggested in a circulating headline that falsely links a report on voluntary climate goals to the World Economic Forum, which is not affiliated with the report. While the analysis does not advocate banning private cars, it similarly calculates that reducing car ownership and increasing vehicle lifespans could cut emissions by 23% (pp 84-86). The C40 Cities group describes itself as a "global network of mayors of the world's leading cities that are united in action to confront the climate crisis” (www.c40.org/). The group is not affiliated with the WEF and receives no funding from the Forum, according to a list of C40 funders. The report by C40 Cities and collaborators cited in the article does not advocate a ban on meat, dairy and cars and is not a treaty, not legally binding and not affiliated with the WEF.

Persons: Yann Zopf, Read Organizations: Economic, Urban, University of Leeds, Arup, People’s, Reuters, C40 Locations: United States

☆ Fact Check-Inaccurate WEF Founder Klaus Schwab family tree shared online
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A photo that claims to depict the family tree of World Economic Forum (WEF) Founder Klaus Schwab includes multiple inaccuracies. Posts online are taking it as evidence he is related to the Rothschild banking dynasty on his mother’s side. The same image of the family tree appeared online as early as July 2021 in a conspiracy thread on Reddit (here). KLAUS SCHWAB PARENTSThe family tree notes an accurate birth year for Klaus Schwab, but the names of his parents are incorrect. The photo shared on social media includes multiple inaccuracies to falsely link Klaus Schwab to the Rothschild banking dynasty.

Persons: Klaus Schwab, Rothschild, Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Schwab, KLAUS SCHWAB, Eugen Wilhelm Schwab, Erika Epprecht, Yann Zopf, “, ”, FRED, MARIANNE SCHWAB, Marianne Schwab, Marianne Rothschild, Marianne, Klaus, nee Rothschild, Louis, Melanie Rothschild, Fred Schwab, Leslie, Madeleine, Fred, Marianne’s, LOUIS ROTHSCHILD, Marianne Schwab’s, Louis Rothschild, Louis Nathaniel von Rothschild, Countess Hildegard Johanna Caroline Marie Auersperg, Louis Nathaniel’s, Salomon Albert Anselm von Rothschild, Bettina Caroline de Rothschild, Moritz, Emma Rothschild, Spokespeople, Read Organizations: Economic, Facebook, Zekelman Holocaust, Jewish, Rothschild, Getty, Reuters Locations: Ravensburg, Germany, Frankfurt, England, United States

☆ Fact Check-Panelist did not say WEF would add vaccines to water
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is not planning to put vaccines in water supplies, contrary to claims in some online posts. A post on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, (here) reads: “The WEF wants to vaccinate you through your water now,” and boasts over 11,800 likes. “WEF never made any statement about or is having any plan to add COVID vaccines to the water.’’ He also stressed the Global Commission on the Economics of Water is an organization independent to the WEF. The WEF did not say it would add vaccines to water. A Davos panelist compared global COVID-19 vaccination rates to addressing global water issues.

Persons: Mariana Mazzucato, Yann Zopf, “ WEF, Read Organizations: Economic, Twitter, Facebook, University College London, UCL Institute for Innovation, Global Commission, Reuters Locations: Davos

☆ Fact Check-World Economic Forum did not say everyone will wear uniforms by 2030
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

“WEF Says Fashion Will Be Abolished by 2030: ‘Humans Will All Wear a Uniform’” reads the headline circulating on Twitter (here) and Facebook (here), (here). The online claims misconstrue a report by a WEF partner, which presents analyses of cutting emissions by reducing clothing purchases, among other measures, but does not mention abolishing fashion or the wearing of uniforms. Arup is a WEF “partner,” which Yann Zopf, a spokesperson for WEF, said is what the organization calls its members (www.weforum.org/partners). A C40 Cities spokesperson said in an email: “The report is an analysis of consumption-based emissions in C40 cities, not a plan for cities to adopt. A report analyzing voluntary changes that cities could make to reduce emissions was not produced by the WEF and does not call for everyone to wear uniforms.

Persons: “ WEF, misconstrue, Arup, Yann Zopf, ” Zopf, WEF, Read Organizations: World Economic, Twitter, Facebook, Arup, University of Leeds, Reuters

☆ Fact Check-Shahzada Dawood, who died on Titanic sub, was not a WEF vice chairman
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Businessman Shahzada Dawood, a passenger on the deep-sea Titan submersible destroyed during a dive to the Titanic wreckage, who is now confirmed dead, was not vice chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), as claimed in social media posts. One user who shared the claim on Twitter said: “One of the passengers on the Titan submarine is Pakistan billionaire Shahzada Dawood - The Vice Chairman of the World Economic Forum Coincidence? Dawood is not listed as a board member or employee of the WEF via the organization's website (here). A search for Dawood via the WEF website reveals that he was listed as an attendee at various WEF meetings in his capacity as Director of Dawood Hercules Corporation (here). Shahzada Dawood who died on the destroyed Titan submersible was not a Vice Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Persons: Shahzada Dawood, Dawood, Suleman, “, ” Yann Zopf, ”, Peter Brabeck, Zopf, Read Organizations: Economic, Twitter, Coast Guard, Reuters, Trustees, Business, Dawood Hercules Corporation Locations: Pakistan

☆ Fact Check-WEF does not have a policy encouraging one child per white family in the US
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The World Economic Forum (WEF) does not have a policy encouraging white families in the United States to have only one child, a spokesperson told Reuters, rejecting a claim shared online. The headline of the article published on March 9 reads: “WEF Says US Must Implement ‘One Child Policy’ For White Families” (archive.is/wip/PO1KJ). Reuters did not find any credible media outlet reporting on the alleged ‘One America, One Child’ policy (archive.is/wip/ADnPH). Archived versions of the WEF’s Twitter account saved in March also do not contain the alleged post (here), (here). There’s no evidence of any WEF policy encouraging one child per white family in the United States, and a spokesperson for the organization denied the allegation to Reuters.

☆ Elon Musk says he isn't at Davos because it's 'boring af.' Organizers say they haven't invited him since 2015.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Organizers of the World Economic Forum in Davos are pushing back on Elon Musk's claim that he declined an invitation because it's "boring af." A WEF spokesperson told the AP that Musk was last invited in 2015 to the yearly gathering of business execs and world leaders. The organizers of the WEF, however, beg to differ: They say the Twitter CEO hasn't been invited in nearly a decade. Musk never registered or attended on the handful of occasions he was invited to the conference in the 2010s, Zopf told the AP. Meanwhile, Musk wrote in a tweet last month, "I was invited to WEF, but declined."

☆ Fact Check-World Economic Forum did not declare ‘God is dead’ or that humans would become gods
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Social media posts have claimed without evidence that leaders of the World Economic Forum (WEF) have said “God is dead” and that they will turn humans into gods. In the video, a woman claims Klaus Schwab, leader of the WEF, said “God is dead” and that “WEF leaders have acquired divine powers to rule over humanity” (here), (here). We are really acquiring divine powers of creation and destruction. A Google search for “Klaus Schwab” and “God is dead” did not result in any reports from credible news sources of similar statements by Schwab. The WEF did not state that “God is dead” or that the organization would turn humans into gods.

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