A Nov. 5 story from The People's Voice describes a supposed United Nations announcement involving Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates.
“UN Says Bill Gates ‘Digital IDs’ Will Be Mandatory To Participate in Society,” reads the headline.
The story was shared more than 100 times in nine days, according to CrowdTangle, a social media analytics tool. An Instagram post showing a screenshot of the headline was liked more than 200 times in seven days before it was deleted.
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A U.N. spokesperson said the organization has not said anything about mandating digital identification. The website that published the claim is known to spread misinformation.
The claim is false, spokespeople for the United Nations Development Program and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation told USA TODAY.
“The United Nations has not, at any point, claimed that digital ID will become mandatory,” Victor Garrido Delgado, the development program's spokesperson, said in an email.
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