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Facebook posts stated on December 04, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Microsoft and Bill Gates created a 1999 video game called “Omikron.”
By Samantha Putterman• December 17, 2021
Bloggers stated on February 20, 2020 in a story:
Says the United Nations plans to “implant everyone with a biometric ID.”
By Samantha Putterman• February 20, 2020
Instagram posts stated on March 18, 2020 in an Instagram post:
Says “Bill Gates and other globalists, in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies, are reportedly working to push tracking bracelets and ‘invisible tattoos’ to monitor Americans during an impending lockdown.”
By Samantha Putterman• April 9, 2020
X posts stated on July 19, 2024 in a post:
Bill Gates is responsible for July 19 global tech outage.
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• July 19, 2024
Viral image stated on March 08, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Bill Gates claims to be a “valid representative of the pharmaceutical industry” because he “read a lot of books about that topic.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 9, 2023
Donald Trump stated on July 23, 2019 in a speech to conservative high school students:
Says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "called our country and our people garbage."
By Jon Greenberg• July 23, 2019
Scott Walker stated on June 20, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:
"When Jim Doyle was governor and Mary Burke was commerce secretary," Wisconsin saw "billions in middle-class tax hikes on nursing home beds, gas, phones and garbage."  
By Dave Umhoefer• June 26, 2014
Donald Trump stated on March 12, 2020 in a tweet:
“During the 2009 swine flu outbreak, Biden made reckless comments unsupported by science & the experts. The Obama Admin had to clean up his mess & apologize for his ineptitude.”
By Samantha Putterman• March 13, 2020
Facebook posts stated on May 10, 2022 in a Facebook post:
The NewProfilePic app is Russian spyware.
By Gabrielle Settles• May 16, 2022
Donald Trump stated on December 27, 2024 in a U.S. Supreme Court brief:
On banning TikTok
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• January 16, 2025
Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Tennessee has become the first state in the U.S. to ban Bill Gates’ mRNA from being pumped into the food supply.
By Sofia Ahmed• April 11, 2024
Viral image stated on July 05, 2018 in a Facebook post:
Says for every "share" that a photograph of a sick boy gets, Facebook will donate one dollar.
By Samantha Putterman• December 5, 2019
Facebook posts stated on April 02, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"Hackers are posting sexual videos and pictures on your (Facebook) walls! You don’t see them, but your friends do, then it seems as if you posted it."
By Samantha Putterman• April 3, 2019
Viral image stated on September 02, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows “‘kids in cages’ taken in 2014 under the Obama admin.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 9, 2020
X posts stated on September 24, 2024 in a post:
Image of people boarding up a window shows Michigan election officials are “preparing to steal this election”
By Grace Abels• September 26, 2024
Facebook posts stated on March 20, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says truck drivers are being turned away from fast-food restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Samantha Putterman• March 26, 2020
Viral image stated on March 21, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"President Trump signed legislation to clean up millions of tons of trash from our oceans and lakes last week."
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 27, 2019
Bloggers stated on January 30, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Trump signed a bill "to clean millions of tons of garbage from world’s oceans."  
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 11, 2019
Viral image stated on November 17, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“Bill Gates tells G20 world leaders that ‘death panels’ will soon be required.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 21, 2022
Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Bill Gates told us about the coronavirus in 2015.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 25, 2020

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