Bill Gates

Billionaire Bill Gates, known for founding Microsoft and his philanthropic health work, has been a focus of rumors and misinformation for years — especially among anti-vaccine activists. Snopes is here to fact-check the claims.

Do Photos Show Bill Gates Posing For a Teen Magazine?

9 September 2022

A blog claimed these images showed the Microsoft co-founder doing a photoshoot for the now-defunct...

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Bill Gates tweeted I guess we finally ran out of microchips a joke about COVID-19 or coronavirus vaccines in response to The Daily Show.

Bill Gates Tweets Joke About Microchips Conspiracy Theory

15 June 2022

Gates' joke came in response to a tweet from "The Daily Show's" Twitter account about...

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Does Bill Gates Own the Majority of US Farmland?

28 April 2022

Uncertainty breeds conspiracy theories.

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Is This a Mugshot of Bill Gates After Arrest for Traffic Violations?

18 April 2022

The founder of Microsoft had a few minor run-ins with the law.

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Bill Gates Releasing Genetically Modified Mosquitoes in Florida? Here’s the Whole Story

29 June 2021

No, it's not another microchip conspiracy.

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Is Bill Gates Transitioning from Man to Woman?

25 May 2021

Videos can be deceiving.

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No, Bill Gates’ Wyoming Ranch Wasn’t Stormed by Navy SEALs

25 May 2021

Genuine news outlets don't carry "parody" disclaimers.

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Bill and Melinda Gates marriage contract?

Did Bill Gates Negotiate Vacations With Ex-Girlfriend Into Marriage Contract?

4 May 2021

When the Gateses announced their divorce on May 3, 2021, old rumors about their relationship...

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Did Bill Gates’ Father ‘Run’ Planned Parenthood and Teach His Son to Spread the ‘Gospel’ of Eugenics?

6 January 2021

Conspiratorial social media posts baselessly linked the philanthropist to eugenics.

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Is Bill Gates Funding Efforts To Block The Sun?

5 January 2021

Sensationalized headlines mischaracterize the efforts of Harvard's SCoPEx project.

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Is Moderna Tied to Fauci, Gates, Soros, and Epstein?

1 August 2020

A spoof omnibus conspiracy theory linked a company developing a potential COVID-19 vaccine to several...

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Did Melinda Gates Say This About Black People and COVID-19 Vaccination?

11 June 2020

A meme alleged she said Black Americans "must be" first in line for a vax,...

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