A June 8 article from The People’s Voice claims the World Economic Forum is mandating new requirements for all future-born human offspring.
“WEF Bans Natural Conception: All Babies Must Be Lab-Grown by 2030,” reads the article’s headline.
The article was shared more than 500 times in two weeks, according to the social media analytics tool CrowdTangle.
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A WEF spokesperson said the organization made no such assertion, and the WEF has no authority to enforce this or any other mandate on sovereign countries. 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.
The organization did not mandate future babies be lab-grown or call for a ban on natural conception, WEF spokesperson Yann Zopf told USA TODAY in an email.
"The World Economic Forum never called for banning natural conception," Zopf said.
There is no mention of a ban on the natural conception of human babies anywhere on the WEF’s website. The People's Voice article does not present any evidence to substantiate its claim.
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