Is there credible evidence that crowds chanted "mass murderer" at Bill Gates when he attended the 2026 annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland? No, that's not true: The article that first made the claim didn't contain any proof of that, just an unfounded headline. No credible media organizations reported on such a protest, though it would have been newsworthy had it actually happened.
The claim originated from an article (archived here) published on the People's Voice website on January 20, 2026, under the title:
Bill Gates Trembles with Fear As Crowd Chant 'Mass Murderer' During WEF Visit.
This is what the article looked like on the People's Voice at the time of writing:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of the article at thepeoplesvoice.tv)
Contrary to the claim in the title, the body of the article never mentioned the purported chant or provided any further details about the supposed incident.
The piece incorporated a January 20, 2026, post from X (archived here) that shared a video of Gates, but it didn't feature crowds calling him a "mass murderer".
The 2026 annual World Economic Forum meeting took place in Davos, Switzerland, between January 19 and January 23 (archived here), but searches on Google News (archived here) and Yahoo News (archived here) showed no credible media reports confirming the claim.
The People's Voice
The People's Voice is one of the most prolific online publishers of unsubstantiated speculations. Articles on the site often link to and extensively quote stories from other sites to give an appearance of legitimacy, but the main claim in the headline and/or the first paragraph of each article is almost never supported by the sources that are offered. The site routinely makes up quotes from people or misrepresents scientific study results.
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The website originally started as YourNewsWire in 2014, rebranded as NewsPunch in 2017, and then, in 2023, became the People's Voice. Its Facebook page, "The People's Voice" (archived here), lost its verification checkmark, according to a 2018 report from Media Matters For America (archived here).
