Between August 25 and September 16, Georgian (1, 2) and Russian-speaking Facebook users (1, 2, 3, 4) circulated information claiming that a World Economic Forum (WEF) document confirms that 6 billion people will die by 2025. The users shared photos and videos from a story by The People’s Voice, which addressed this topic.
The claim that a WEF document confirms the death of 6 billion people by 2025 is not supported by any evidence. This information was spread by the conspiracy outlet The People’s Voice, which has not published any document to substantiate this claim.
As mentioned, the original source of the information is the conspiracy outlet The People’s Voice, which published an article/story on this topic on August 22. The article claims that a WEF document, which had been “hidden in plain sight,” confirms that by 2025, up to 6 billion people will die, allegedly as part of a depopulation plan devised by Klaus Schwab and his supporters. However, the outlet did not publish any document to back this claim. They also did not reveal the name of the document or any information about where and how it can be accessed. “Myth Detector” searched through open sources, the WEF website, and social networks but could not find such a document.
To support their argument, the article refers to a 2014 prediction by the military website Deagel, which forecast a sharp decline in population by 2025. It is important to note that this statistic was removed from the website long ago and is only available in archives. Additionally, the document states that this prediction is “just a model, which could be either wrong or right.”
The People’s Voice article also mentions that in August 2024, a BBC journalist allegedly attended a meeting in Davos with Klaus Schwab and other journalists for the first time. According to the article, Schwab behaved irrationally, like a psychopath, and confirmed that the death of 6 billion people was expected the following year. However, the article does not name the BBC journalist, and the report features only a woman’s altered voice.
The American fact-checking organization Politifact also investigated this claim and found no document to support it.
The People’s Voice regularly spreads conspiracy theories and disinformation, including about the World Economic Forum. Many of its claims have been fact-checked by “Myth Detector” in the past.
About the source:
The Facebook account Lado Qartvelishvili is administered by the group “Antilab-Georgia,” where Qartvelishvili regularly shares anti-Western, anti-vaccine, and conspiracy-themed posts. The group itself is connected to the organization Antilab, which opposes “American biolabs” and biological weapons and promotes various conspiracy theories and disinformation on these topics. “Myth Detector” has previously debunked disinformation spread by this Facebook group.
The Russian-speaking account “Emil Agayev” regularly posts anti-vaccine and conspiracy-related content. Several of the user’s posts have been flagged as false by fact-checking organizations.
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