copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: “Church services can’t resume until we’re all vaccinated, says Bill Gates.” (Bloggers, 2020-04-09)
Evidence (2021-10-07): "Bill Gates talked about using vaccines to control population growth, here is the unedited 2010 TED Talk video," the headline said. [...] A website article claimed that Bill Gates advocated for reducing the global population by using vaccines during a 2010 TedTalk. Gates wasn’t talking about reducing the population through vaccination. He and his former wife Melinda have repeatedly said that child mortality is lowered when families have access to life-saving vaccines and health care, allowing families to choose to have fewer children.
Claim: “Church services can’t resume until we’re all vaccinated, says Bill Gates.” (Bloggers, 2020-04-09)
Evidence (2020-07-23): Americans should have clamped down on public gatherings instead of opening up, global philanthropist and coronavirus vaccine funder Bill Gates said Thursday on CNN’s Global Town Hall Coronavirus: Facts and Fears. [...] A coronavirus vaccine will likely be multi-dose, Bill Gates says [...] Gates said that his foundation is funding not only the first generation of vaccines and the capacity for those, "but also a second generation that will be ready four to six months later that may get us closer to 100% protection or 100% transmission reduction."
Claim: “Church services can’t resume until we’re all vaccinated, says Bill Gates.” (Bloggers, 2020-04-09)
Evidence (2021-08-31): If Your Time is short • There is no evidence Bill Gates called for the "withdrawal of all COVID-19 vaccines." [...] "Shocking! Bill Gates calls for the withdrawal of all Covid-19 Vaccines; ‘The vaccines are far more dangerous than anyone imagined,’" reads the headline of one blog post. [...] The Daily Expose, "SATIRE – In an alternative universe Bill Gates has called for the withdrawal of all Covid-19 Vaccines," Aug. 29, 2021
Claim: “Church services can’t resume until we’re all vaccinated, says Bill Gates.” (Bloggers, 2020-04-09)
Evidence (2020-08-02): Here are some things Bill Gates didn’t say. He didn’t say President Donald Trump will go down in history as one of the greatest presidents. He didn’t say "his COVID-19 vaccine might kill nearly 1 million people." He didn’t say a vaccine "will use experimental technology and permanently alter your DNA." He didn’t say church services can’t resume until everyone is vaccinated. [...] "This is Bill Gates statement from last night on CNN," it says, before quoting Gates as saying: "We need to develop a digital certificate that shows who has received all the vaccinations. Only those with all the required vaccinations may travel, visit churches, participate in sports and music events, get a job, etc." [...] PolitiFact, No, Bill Gates didn’t say no church services until everyone is vaccinated, April 13, 2020
Claim: “Church services can’t resume until we’re all vaccinated, says Bill Gates.” (Bloggers, 2020-04-09)
Evidence (2020-04-28): More recently, he’s become a target for misinformation concerning the pandemic. We’ve debunked several claims, including that he said "church services can’t resume until we’re all vaccinated," that the Gates Foundation paralyzed nearly 500,000 children testing a polio vaccine, and that the foundation has a patent for the coronavirus. [...] PolitiFact, No, Bill Gates didn’t say no church services until everyone is vaccinated, April 13, 2020 PolitiFact, Anti-vaxxers spread conspiracy about Bill Gates and India’s polio vaccination, April 23, 2020
Claim: “Church services can’t resume until we’re all vaccinated, says Bill Gates.” (Bloggers, 2020-04-09)
Evidence (2022-04-30): But when an outbreak is threatening to go global, we won’t have years. So we need ways to speed up the process without sacrificing the safety and effectiveness that people have come to expect from vaccines.
Claim: “Church services can’t resume until we’re all vaccinated, says Bill Gates.” (Bloggers, 2020-04-09)
Evidence (2021-09-21): Bill Gates on vaccine equity, boosters, climate, his foundation and Epstein meetings [...] PBS News Hour https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/bill-gates-on-vaccine-equity-boosters-climate-his-foundation-and-epstein-meetings [...] Go Deeper bill gates covid covid vaccine
Claim: “Church services can’t resume until we’re all vaccinated, says Bill Gates.” (Bloggers, 2020-04-09)
Evidence (2021-11-09): Bill Gates said we need vaccines that halt transmission. He didn’t say the COVID-19 shots don’t work [...] Gates never said that the vaccines don’t work well. His nonprofit, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, called claims stating otherwise false. [...] Reuters, Fact Check-Bill Gates did not say COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective, Nov. 16, 2021
Claim: “Church services can’t resume until we’re all vaccinated, says Bill Gates.” (Bloggers, 2020-04-09)
Evidence (2020-04-23): One urgent activity is to raise money for developing new tools. I think of this as the billions we need to spend so we can save trillions. Every additional month that it takes to get the vaccine is a month when the economy cannot return to normal. However, it isn’t clear how countries will come together to coordinate the funding. Some could go directly to the private sector but demand that their citizens get priority. There is a lot of discussion among governments, the World Health Organization, the private sector, and our foundation about how to organize these efforts.
Claim: “Church services can’t resume until we’re all vaccinated, says Bill Gates.” (Bloggers, 2020-04-09)
Evidence (2020-04-29): And this is probably going to be a series of steps. We're going to have to do this again and again - dancing in, dancing out - until we get to the point where we either have a vaccine or a prophylactic pill or some regimen, you know, some curative regimen that's so good that we're confident that, you know, if I get sick, maybe I get sick. But if I crash, I can count on being saved. I mean, if we get to that point, maybe we can say, OK. We can all take chances now on getting sick and making ourselves immune by self-infecting - the equivalent of chickenpox parties. Maybe we could do that if we were sure we could save people. But we're not there yet.
Claim: “Church services can’t resume until we’re all vaccinated, says Bill Gates.” (Bloggers, 2020-04-09)
Evidence (2024-01-01): parishes can’t be sold to pay victimsHomeland Security: U.S. not ready for disastersU.S. Catholic leaders approve changes in prayerStudy: Housing bubble likely to deflate slowlyAmazon selling groceriesIndustry veteran sees star rise at MicrosoftFather's Day for the Senate's ‘Legacy Caucus’Timeline: Key events in Bill Gates' lifeKiller heroin: Users die for the highGuantanamo media access ends after suicidesU.S. Army puts Iraqi army to the testU.S., Russia to begin dialogue on securityVirtually famousBad girl interruptedTyra proves she's bankableThe world's most powerful celebritiesHouse lawmakers strip Jefferson of panel seatMigraine linked to higher sex drivesSeparation of powers showdown FridayE-mail us: How will Bill Gates' decision change Microsoft?Britain offers to imprison ex-Liberian leaderWill Bill Gates' decision to step aside hurt the future of Microsoft?Militant cleric assails Bush, Australia’s HowardFact file: New lineup at MicrosoftMom who left baby in bathroom given life in jailHooters to pay for FEMA relief champagneMost believe aging brings unhappinessBill Gates to transition away from MicrosoftSuitcase funds unlikely to relieve Hamas debtCadaver tissue poses growing risk to the livingMine safety overhaul bill signed into lawArkansas defends ban on gay foster parentsSenate panel approves flag amendmentColorado court allows 15-year-old girls to marryAmerican Revolution flags sell for $17.4 millionColorado drought crippling ranchersIce cream peddler sentenced
Claim: “Church services can’t resume until we’re all vaccinated, says Bill Gates.” (Bloggers, 2020-04-09)
Evidence (2024-10-05): - ^ Kilander, Gustaf (April 26, 2021). Written at Washington, D.C.. "Bill Gates under fire for saying vaccine formulas shouldn't be shared with developing world". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2021. - ^ Cao, Sissi (April 28, 2021). "Bill Gates' Comments On COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Draw Outrage". Observer. Archived from the original on January 2, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2022. - ^ a b Allison, Simon (January 30, 2021). "Bill Gates, Big Pharma and entrenching the vaccine apartheid". The Mail & Guardian. Archived from the original on January 2, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
Claim: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.” (Mark Finchem, 2022-10-09)
Evidence (2022-10-09): In 2012, seven states formed the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC. The partnership, which now includes 33 states, shares voter registration data in an effort to clear the voter rolls of people who have moved or died. ERIC was launched with start-up money from the nonpartisan Pew Charitable Trusts, but is now funded by member states. An organization connected to George Soros gave money to Pew between 2009 and 2011, but it was earmarked for a separate project.
Claim: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.” (Mark Finchem, 2022-10-09)
Evidence (2022-10-09): "We need to get out of ERIC, a system that’s funded by George Soros," Finchem said Oct. 9 at an event also attended by former President Donald Trump to rally for Arizona Republicans running for office. [...] Republicans running for secretary of state in Nevada and Michigan have also falsely claimed ERIC is backed by Soros. One of America First’s platforms is to enact "aggressive voter roll cleanup." Their stance against ERIC ignores that its purpose is to help states do a better job at cleaning up voter rolls. We contacted Finchem through his campaign website and did not get a response. [...] The falsehood that ERIC is funded by Soros appears to have originated with stories by the conservative website The Gateway Pundit in January. One of those stories pointed to a document showing a Soros organization gave money to the Pew Charitable Trusts, but the document says the funding was for "voting rights" — not for ERIC.
Claim: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.” (Mark Finchem, 2022-10-09)
Evidence (2023-07-09): The program, known as the Electronic Registration Information Center, was arguably the best nationwide tool states had to catch people trying to vote twice. [...] But experts say the program, known as the Electronic Registration Information Center, was among the best nationwide tool states had to catch people trying to vote twice in the same election. Now, those Republican-led states who left — and other states who lost access to their data — are scrambling to police so-called "double voters" ahead of the presidential election in 2024. [...] And Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams — a Republican who has also vocally defended ERIC — recently acknowledged his state is also looking at alternatives.
Claim: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.” (Mark Finchem, 2022-10-09)
Evidence (2023-04-11): For example, Judicial Watch, a conservative nonprofit, recently released a scathing notice calling ERIC "a syndicate founded by leftists." They did so despite having previously agreed to a settlement in their lawsuit against the state of Kentucky over its bloated voter rolls in 2018 which required Kentucky to join ERIC. [...] But those objections — a mix of true and untrue claims — are all conveniently recent, even though little about the program has changed. Prior to Gateway Pundit’s coverage and the ensuing viral misinformation, ERIC’s origins were already known by member states and the public — at least, the members of the public who were interested in something so arcane. Requirements for voter outreach were widely popular, and ERIC’s bylaws spell out data access and security measures, none of which had previously been criticized by the conservative states eager to join the program. ERIC was created in 2012 by seven original members states with assistance from the Pew Charitable Trusts — a nonpartisan nonprofit — which Gateway Pundit and others have falsely claimed is heavily funded by liberal mega donor George Soros.* In reality, the Open Society Foundation, which Soros owns, gave a one-time contribution of half a million dollars to Pew for voting-rights work unrelated to ERIC that took place from 2009 to 2011. The sum makes up a small fraction of the more than $300 million a year Pew brings in annually.
Claim: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.” (Mark Finchem, 2022-10-09)
Evidence (2023-03-17): Ohio’s departure from the nonprofit group, Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, marks the fourth state to resign from the organization this month. In all, six states run by Republicans have withdrawn from the organization in the last year. [...] Critics, such as the conservative legal activist group Judicial Watch, have cast ERIC as "swelling" voter registration rolls because member states must send out information encouraging eligible residents to register to vote. And they have sought to link the organization to billionaire financier George Soros, a frequent target of right-wing groups. [...] Laleh Ispahani, an official with Soros’ Open Society Foundations, said in a statement to CNN that the Soros groups have "never funded" ERIC. She said the Foundations gave $1.2 million to support work by Pew’s former Center on States division from 2009 to 2011, which researched modernizing voter registration and information systems.
Claim: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.” (Mark Finchem, 2022-10-09)
Evidence (2023-05-12): Despite its track record, the view of ERIC began to darken in January 2022. That’s when the Gateway Pundit, a conservative website that often spreads misinformation, published an article falsely stating that ERIC was funded by George Soros, a liberal billionaire at the center of multiple conspiracy theories. [...] These member states — not Soros — fund ERIC and serve on the board. New members pay a one-time fee of $25,000 and annual dues ranging from about $26,000 to $116,000. States spend additional money to send mailers to eligible but unregistered citizens, an ERIC requirement. [...] Alabama secretary of state candidate state Rep. Wes Allen, R-Troy, soon vowed to pull his state out of the partnership, too. He called ERIC a "leftist group" and repeated the false narrative that Soros funded the effort. Allen’s attack quickly drew a response from then-Republican Secretary of State John Merrill, who was not seeking reelection.
Claim: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.” (Mark Finchem, 2022-10-09)
Evidence (2014-01-02): Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) [...] The Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, is a multistate partnership that utilizes a sophisticated, secure data-matching tool to improve the accuracy and efficiency of state voter registration systems. ERIC is owned, managed, and funded by participating states and was formed in 2012 with assistance from The Pew Charitable Trusts. [...] ERIC uses advanced technology to compare information on eligible voters from official data submitted by member states, such as voter registration rolls and motor vehicle records, as well as U.S. Postal Service addresses and Social Security death records. States then receive reports from ERIC that identify voters whose records might no longer be up-to-date, because they have moved, changed their names, or died.
Claim: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.” (Mark Finchem, 2022-10-09)
Evidence (2022-02-09): The tool is a shared database called the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC for short. It allows states to securely share voter registration data across state lines and with a number of other government agencies, like the Social Security Administration and departments of motor vehicles. [...] "When you move away from a state, you don't call your old state and say, 'Please take me off the voter lists,' " said David Becker, an elections expert and former Justice Department attorney who led the development of ERIC while working at the Pew Charitable Trusts. "So to get really strong data that someone moved to another state — got a driver's license there or maybe registered to vote — that's really powerful information that allows states to keep their data up to date." [...] But that bipartisan unity is being tested, as some pockets of conservative media have ignited a pressure campaign against ERIC.
Claim: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.” (Mark Finchem, 2022-10-09)
Evidence (2024-07-22): The Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) is a nonprofit organization in the United States whose goal is to improve electoral integrity by helping states improve the accuracy of voter rolls, increase access to voter registration, reduce election costs, and increase efficiencies in elections. ERIC is operated and financed by state election agencies and chief election officials.[6] [...] - ^ a b "Electronic Registration Information Center Inc." Tax Exempt Organization Search. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved May 17, 2023. [...] - ^ "Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC)". csg.org. October 8, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
Claim: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.” (Mark Finchem, 2022-10-09)
Evidence (2023-06-04): ERIC is currently the only system that can catch if someone votes in more than one state, which is illegal. And election officials widely agree it helps to identify dead people on voting lists. [...] About a week before Louisiana's Ardoin made his reference to "media reports," the Gateway Pundit began targeting ERIC. The website published a series of articles that falsely said the bipartisan partnership was a "left wing voter registration drive," bankrolled by billionaire George Soros, aimed at helping Democrats win elections. [...] His voting advocacy law firm has sued a number of states for records related to ERIC. And he even wrote what's believed to be the first article ever alleging a connection between Soros and ERIC, back in 2016. (The Soros-funded Open Society Foundations has given money previously to The Pew Charitable Trusts, which helped start ERIC, but Soros has never had any involvement in the organization.)
Claim: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.” (Mark Finchem, 2022-10-09)
Evidence (2024-03-19): The conspiracy theories accused the program, called Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, of trying to manipulate votes, and falsely painted a prominent Democratic donor as a shadowy financier pulling the organization’s strings. [...] The Electronic Registration Information Center is a consortium that started in 2012 when seven states banded together to improve how they remove people who have died or moved from their voter rolls, something federal law requires. Member states fund ERIC through dues. [...] Ashcroft said in an interview he was not motivated by false claims that ERIC was tied to Soros. He said his office had a process to clean voter rolls before it joined ERIC, and since leaving, uses an in-house technology staff. He’s not in a rush to join another database consortium and said that any program he joins would be nonpartisan.
Claim: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.” (Mark Finchem, 2022-10-09)
Evidence (2023-05-04): Despite its track record, the view of ERIC began to darken in January 2022. That’s when the Gateway Pundit, a conservative website that often spreads misinformation, published an article falsely stating that ERIC was funded by George Soros, a liberal billionaire at the center of multiple conspiracy theories. [...] These member states — not Soros — fund ERIC and serve on the board. New members pay a one-time fee of $25,000 and annual dues ranging from about $26,000 to $116,000. States spend additional money to send mailers to eligible but unregistered citizens, an ERIC requirement. [...] Alabama secretary of state candidate state Rep. Wes Allen, R-Troy, soon vowed to pull his state out of the partnership, too. He called ERIC a "leftist group" and repeated the false narrative that Soros funded the effort. Allen’s attack quickly drew a response from then-Republican Secretary of State John Merrill, who was not seeking re-election.
Claim: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.” (Mark Finchem, 2022-10-09)
Evidence (2023-03-04): The aim of the Electronic Registration Information Center, a voluntary system known as ERIC, has been to help member states maintain accurate lists of registered voters by sharing data that allows officials to identify and remove people who have died or moved to other states. Reports also help states identify and ultimately prosecute people who vote in multiple states. [...] In April, that will drop to 31 when Alabama officially leaves the group. Allen made various claims during his 2022 campaign about the group that prompted a rebuke from then-Secretary of State John Merrill. Merrill, a Republican, noted that ERIC had identified more than 19,000 records of potentially deceased Alabama voters since 2016. A chief complaint about the program is that it was funded by George Soros, the billionaire investor and philanthropist who has long been the subject of conspiracy theories. While ERIC received initial funding from the nonpartisan Pew Charitable Trusts, that money was separate from the money provided to Pew by a Soros-affiliated organization that went to an unrelated effort, said ERIC’s executive director, Shane Hamlin.
Claim: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.” (Mark Finchem, 2022-10-09)
Evidence (2023-10-20): The Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization created by and comprised of state election officials from around the United States. Founded in 2012, ERIC is funded and governed by states that choose to join. ERIC is the most effective tool available to help election officials maintain more accurate voter rolls and detect possible illegal voting. ERIC also helps states reach out to potentially eligible but not yet registered individuals with information on how best to register to vote. [...] The principal office of Electronic Registration Information Center, Inc. (the "Corporation") shall be located within or without the State of Delaware..