Multiple Korean-language posts have shared false claims that world leaders who attended the G20 summit on the resort island of Bali in Indonesia in November 2022 "agreed to make Covid-19 vaccinations and vaccine passports mandatory". The G20 leaders' declaration, however, only affirms the importance of vaccinations and proof of vaccination -- it does not include agreements about making either mandatory. The foreign ministry of South Korea -- a G20 member -- told AFP that no other agreements on vaccines had been reached at the summit.

"World is going mad," reads a Korean-language Facebook post shared here on November 22, 2022.

The post includes a screenshot of a Japanese-language article, underneath Korean text that reads: "[World leaders] agreed to make vaccine passports mandatory at the G20. They also agreed to make vaccinations mandatory."

The Japanese article is credited to a "Brian Shilhavy", and is headlined: "Universal vaccine passport plan connects the world."

The article also features two photos. While the photo of Chinese President Xi Jinping with US President Joe Biden was captured at the recent Bali G20 summit, that of Xi and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was taken at the 2016 Hangzhou G20 summit.

Screenshot of the misleading claim shared on Facebook, captured on November 23, 2022

The claim circulated online after the G20 summit was held in mid-November on the resort island of Bali, in Indonesia.

The summit, which brought together leaders from the 20...

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