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2023-07-23 13:12:36 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 44CFF41B20833AE1E218F10AAB45D230E8F02382837E9BFC9A64A118B117BD3D
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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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