“Greta Thunberg tweeted that climate change would wipe out humanity by June 2023.”
Social media posts
U.S.. Claim dated 21 Jun 2023.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
Thunberg’s 2018 tweet did not say that humanity would be wiped out in five years, but rather that continued use of fossil fuels over the next five years would lead to human extinction at some point.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 21 June 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 June 2023, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
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