CLAIM: The World Economic Forum has declared that “Jesus is fake news” and “God is dead.”
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The organization and its founder, Klaus Schwab, did not make these declarations, as some social media posts suggest. The comments, which are taken out of context, were made by Yuval Noah Harari, an author and historian who has spoken at WEF’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
THE FACTS: Social media users are sharing screenshots of a story from a publication known for running false information and conspiracy theories to make the claim that Schwab and the WEF recently made controversial comments about God.
The article includes an image fabricated to look like a tweet from the WEF saying “Jesus is fake news.” It also includes video clips of Harari making various statements about God, Jesus and divine powers and describes the author as a “top advisor” to the WEF and “right hand man” to Schwab.
“God is dead, according to the World Economic Forum, who have also declared that ‘Jesus is fake news’ and that WEF leaders have ‘acquired divine powers’ to rule over humanity,” one TikTok user says in a recent post as snippets from the stories featuring the false claims run in the background. The video has been viewed more than 6,000 times.
“This should scare everyone,” wrote a user on Twitter who shared one of the articles containing the false information.
But the comments don’t come from Schwab or the WEF.
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