Bill Gates did not speak of an imminent need for "death panels" at the G20 summit in Bali in November 2022 to "end the lives of sick and unwell people", as claimed in social media posts shared in various languages. The billionaire philanthropist did not attend the event. The claims in fact take comments Gates made during a 2010 interview out of context. The full interview shows Gates made no mention about a need to cull the population; he mentioned "death panels" as part of a conversation about what he described as the trade-off between high medical costs and cuts in other sectors.

"Bill Gates Tells G20 World Leaders That ‘Death Panels’ Will Soon Be Required", reads bold text on what appears to be a screenshot of an article shared on Instagram here on November 18, 2022.

The screenshot includes a picture of the American billionaire.

The remainder of the article visible in the screenshot reads: "Unelected world health czar Bill Gates has used his appearance at the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia to raise a discussion about 'death panels'.

"According to Gates, death panels will be necessary in the near future in order to end the lives of sick and unwell people due to 'very very high medical costs'."

Gates is a frequent target of misinformation and AFP has previously debunked claims that the billionaire called for "depopulation" here, here and here.

The false claim about Gates promoting the use of "death panels" to world leaders was also shared in similar Facebook posts and...

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