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  • 2023-01-06 (xsd:date)
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  • Did The World Economic Forum Issue An Order About Bathing In Response To Climate Change? (en)
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  • A post shared on Facebook purports the World Economic Forum (WEF) has allegedly urged the public to bathe once a week or less to save the planet. Verdict: False A spokesperson for the WEF denied the claim’s authenticity in an email to Check Your Fact. There is no evidence supporting the claim. Fact Check: Contents Technologies, an Asia-based IP investment firm, was recently invited to join the WEF’s Global Innovators Community, according to BusinessWire . The chair of the organization, Klaus Schwab, declared the country of China as a model for national modernization on state TV, Fox News reported. The Facebook post purports the WEF has allegedly urged the public to shower once a week or less to save the planet. The claim is false. There are no credible news reports suggesting the WEF made such a remark. Likewise, the claim is neither mentioned on the organization’s website nor on its verified social media accounts . This is the first I have heard of such claims, WEF spokesperson Alem Tedeneke told Check Your Fact in an email. [The World Economic Forum hasn’t] made such a recommendation, Tedeneke added. The claim stems from a Dec. 29 article published on the website, NewsPunch. The article claims the initiative is part of the Great Reset and was announced to Germans via a public service announcement from their state broadcast company, WDR. Details about a possible link between WDR and the WEF are not provided. (RELATED: Did The World Economic Forum Publish This Graphic Depicting Diets In 2030?) The site NewsPunch was previously named YourNewsWire, according to a January 2019 article from Mashable. The site has been dubbed one of the most well-known purveyors of fake news online, the outlet reported. In addition, the site’s Terms of Use page includes a disclaimer indicating it makes no representation about the reliability and accuracy of its information. This is not the first time a false claim about the WEF has circulated online. Check Your Fact previously debunked a social media post purporting the U.S. Special Forces had arrested the organization’s leader Klaus Schwab and other elites for their alleged role in an unspecified genocide. (en)
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