{"id":583771,"date":"2021-07-06T11:35:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T15:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=583771"},"modified":"2021-07-06T11:35:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T15:35:25","slug":"fact-check-did-the-world-economic-forum-tweet-about-harvesting-childrens-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-world-economic-forum-tweet-about-harvesting-childrens-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did The World Economic Forum Tweet About Harvesting Children\u2019s Blood?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-the-world-economic-forum-tweet-about-harvesting-childrens-blood%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=583771&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CQOlLm8L_nN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=2d759655-a6c8-4898-bd50-f633b042aad3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Instagram<\/a> allegedly shows a tweet from the World Economic Forum (WEF) talking about harvesting children\u2019s blood.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7229838\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7229838\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7229838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-10.18.13-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Instagram\/Screenshot\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-10.18.13-AM.jpg 547w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-10.18.13-AM-110x120.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-10.18.13-AM-620x676-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-10.18.13-AM-768x838-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-10.18.13-AM-1536x1676-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-10.18.13-AM-2048x2235-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7229838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram\/Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no record of the WEF ever tweeting the statement. The tweet is fabricated.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The WEF is an international organization that \u201cengages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/about\/world-economic-forum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CQOlLm8L_nN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=2d759655-a6c8-4898-bd50-f633b042aad3https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CQOlLm8L_nN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=2d759655-a6c8-4898-bd50-f633b042aad3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">supposed May 3 tweet<\/a>, which seems like it was sent from the WEF\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">verified Twitter account<\/a>, has circulated on Facebook and Instagram lately. It includes what appears to be a link to a page on the WEF\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs new research suggests that the blood of prepubescent young people may possess significant anti-ageing properties, we ask: Why is there such a stigma surrounding harvesting children\u2019s blood?\u201d reads the alleged tweet.<\/p>\n<p>The purported tweet, however, is fabricated. An <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%22harvesting%20children%27s%20blood%22%20(from%3Awef)&amp;src=typed_queryhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%22harvesting%20children%27s%20blood%22%20(from%3Awef)&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">advanced search<\/a> of the WEF\u2019s Twitter account yielded no results for it, and there isn\u2019t any record of the tweet in <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210503084036\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/wef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210505230802\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/wef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">versions<\/a> of the organization\u2019s Twitter timeline on the Wayback Machine. The shortened URL also <a href=\"https:\/\/wef.ch\/Cfg8g33\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">does not direct<\/a> viewers to any website.<\/p>\n<p>The WEF\u2019s media team told Check Your Fact in an email that the tweet is \u201cnot from the World Economic Forum.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/06\/30\/fact-check-world-economic-forum-tweet-age-of-consent-human-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did The World Economic Forum Send This Tweet About The Age Of Consent \u2018Infringing On Human Rights\u2019?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fake tweet\u2019s content appears to be connected to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/opinion-the-dark-virality-of-a-hollywood-blood-harvesting-conspiracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conspiracy theory<\/a> related to QAnon. The QAnon conspiracy theory baselessly claims America\u2019s media and politics are controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/what-is-qanon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Check Your Fact <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/06\/30\/fact-check-world-economic-forum-tweet-age-of-consent-human-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a viral claim that the WEF had tweeted about how age of consent laws \u201cmay be infringing on human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Instagram allegedly shows a tweet from the World Economic Forum (WEF) talking about harvesting children\u2019s blood. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314064,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-10.18.13-AM.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Did The World Economic Forum Tweet About Harvesting Children\u2019s Blood?","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-583771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-10.18.13-AM.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Did The World Economic Forum Tweet About Harvesting Children\u2019s Blood?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}