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2024-12-17 12:12:56 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3998A3635834B66898B160BB68FD97CF6ED282C5974FFC77EC6D58C83EFC1EF0
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The misleading post is part of a pattern of conspiracy theories that deliberately misinterpret Gates' statements about global health initiatives: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/03/scicheck-video-targets-gates-with-old-clip-misleading-edit/ https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/bill-gates-quoteabout-vaccines-and-population-growth-has-beentaken-out-of-cont-idUSL1N2MF1L8/ The full, unedited TED Talk was primarily focused on reducing CO2 emissions through innovation in energy production: https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2021/bill-gates-didnt-say-he-wanted-to-use-vaccines-to-reduce-the-population/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaF-fq2Zn7I&ab_channel=TED
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