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  • 2022-05-27 (xsd:date)
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  • Did The World Health Organization Publish This Tweet About Reforming Free Speech? (en)
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  • An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a tweet from the World Health Organization (WHO) about reforming free speech. Verdict: False The tweet is from a parody account. There’s no evidence the WHO is planning to discuss free speech or posted such a tweet. Fact Check: The WHO has commented on the rise of misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic, referring to the issue as an infodemic, according to the organization . The organization has issued guidance for readers to use to identify misinformation online. The Facebook post appears to show a screen grab of a tweet published by the WHO. The world leaders are about to break for a lunch of fresh Atlantic crab and Spanish pork, followed by duck and the worlds (sic) best cod from a sustainable farm in Norway, reads the alleged tweet. When we resume we will be discussing freedom of speech and how it could be reformed. #Davos2022. The tweet was not published by the official WHO Twitter account. A keyword search revealed the tweet originated from an unverified account with the handle @worldHellOrg. Online archives show the account’s handle had recently changed from @WorldHlthOrg. The account’s bio identifies it as a parody. There is no record of the verified WHO account sending such a tweet. It does not appear in archived versions of the account. A reverse image search revealed the photo of the dinner table included in the tweet originated on the stock photo website Shutterstock . WHO’s Facebook handle is @WHO, a WHO spokesperson confirmed to Check Your Fact in an emailed statement. So this looks to be a fake account. (RELATED: Did The World Health Organization Create This Poster Stating ‘We’re In This Forever’?) The parody post also appears to have mixed up the WHO’s World Health Assembly , held in Geneva, Switzerland, and the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Annual Meeting , which was held in Davos, Switzerland. Reforming freedom of speech is not mentioned on the informational websites of either event. (en)
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