An April 12 article from The People's Voice claims the World Economic Forum is restricting water consumption around the globe.
"‘Water is Not a Human Right’: WEF Orders Govt’s To Begin Rationing Water Into Homes," reads the article's headline.
The article was shared more than 1,000 times in two weeks, according to the social media analytics tool CrowdTangle.
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There is no evidence the WEF ordered governments around the world to ration water sent to people's homes, nor that it declared water is not a human right. The article was published by a website that regularly publishes fabricated stories.
The WEF is an international organization based in Switzerland that was created to engage "the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas," according to its website.
While the organization has published articles about access to drinking water, global freshwater scarcity and innovations in freshwater purification, there is no mention of mandatory water rationing anywhere on the organization's website.
"I can confirm that this is fake and made up," Yann Zopf, spokesman for the WEF, said in an email to USA TODAY. "The World Economic Forum never published such posts and never...
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