Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-07-23 14:07:53 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 0A27D348E8EF98959C388C1E2CA3CB51D93108F5DFA64908A5680268BA72357E
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Gates did not personally hatch a plan, nor is he — or anyone — scheming to block out the sun. The claim surfaced in 2021 and has been previously debunked by multiple fact checkers. The falsehood centers on a small-scale experiment by Harvard researchers proposed called SCoPEx https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/25/facebook-posts/claim-bill-gates-scheming-block-sun-wrong/
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