The claim: World Economic Forum Chairman Klaus Schwab said the internet must be reformed

After the World Economic Forum launched a global COVID-19 and economic recovery initiative called the Great Reset, claims have circulated linking the proposal to conspiracy theories about the pandemic and a "new world order."

Now, some users are claiming Klaus Schwab, the organization’s chairman, said part of the Great Reset includes internet reform.

“The internet must be reformed, there is too much misinformation out there,” reads a screenshot of a purported tweet from the World Economic Forum’s account. “This will be the next step for the Great Reset, says Klaus Schawb (sic).”

The post was shared to Facebook on March 24 by the page Libertarian Candidates and generated more than 1,400 reactions in less than a week. The same screenshot was shared to Reddit, iFunny and Twitter, where one post accumulated more than 3,000 likes.

The claim builds on the baseless Great Reset conspiracy theory alleging global elites manufactured COVID-19 to advance their interests and establish a one-world government by limiting individual freedoms.

And the tweet in question is fabricated – as one might surmise from the misspelled name of the organization's leader. There is no evidence Schwab called for the internet to be reformed, and independent fact-checking organizations have debunked the claim.

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