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What an automated fact-checker found when it re-read Worldcoin / World against the sources the page cites. Only the most recent review is shown.

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These findings are produced by an automated reviewer, and its results vary between runs: the same page, checked three times on the same day, came back with 15%, 20% and 34% of its claims disputed, mostly because each run extracted a different number of claims. Treat what follows as leads, not rulings.

“Disputed” means the reviewer could not reconcile the claim with the evidence it cited. It does not mean the claim is false. “Unverifiable” means no reachable source settled it either way.

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unverifiable 2partially supported 6confirmed 30 corrections pending · 0 applied

unverifiable

2 claims

No source the reviewer could reach confirms or contradicts the claim.

  1. #1[unverifiable][awaiting moderator]in section: Token Distribution and Economics
    “Major unlock event expected July 2026 with over 52% of total supply.”
    reviewerMajor token unlock expected July 2026 (stale: the date has passed as of November 2026)Cited Wikipedia page does not support the unlock claim, and the July 2026 date is already past. I found no source for the figure and cannot supply a corrected sentence.
    citeden.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_(blockchain)
  2. #3[unverifiable][awaiting moderator]in section: SBF Connection
    “Sam Bankman-Fried was an early angel investor in Worldcoin/Tools for Humanity before the FTX collapse.”
    reviewerSam Bankman-Fried was an early angel investorThe only cited source does not mention SBF. The claim is widely reported elsewhere but needs a proper citation.
    citeden.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_(blockchain)

partially supported

6 claims

The cited evidence supports part of the claim but not all of it.

  1. #2[partially supported][awaiting moderator]in section: Token Distribution and Economics
    “23.3% insider allocation (13.5% investors + 9.8% team).”
    reviewer23.3% insider allocation (13.5% investors + 9.8% team)The cited source gives a different split (10% + 11.1% = 21.1%). The page's figures may come from another tokenomics source, but they are not in the cited source.
    citeden.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_(blockchain)
  2. #4[partially supported][awaiting moderator]in section: Founders and Funding
    “Total funding ~$250M from a16z, Blockchain Capital, Khosla Ventures.”
    reviewerFunding of about $250M from a16z, Blockchain Capital, Khosla VenturesThe total and two of the three investors are supported. Blockchain Capital is not confirmed in the cited source.
    citeden.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_(blockchain)
  3. #6[partially supported][awaiting moderator]in section: Global Regulatory Actions
    “Spain banned in March 2024.”
    reviewerSpain ban March 2024It was a temporary three-month suspension of data collection, not a permanent ban. The word 'banned' overstates it slightly. I did not fetch the TechCrunch URL directly.
    citedtechcrunch.com/2024/03/06/worldcoin-spain-ban/
  4. #7[partially supported][awaiting moderator]in section: Global Regulatory Actions
    “Portugal banned March 2024.”
    reviewerPortugal banned March 2024The order was temporary.
    citedtechcrunch.com/2024/03/26/worldcoin-portugal-ban/
  5. #10[partially supported][awaiting moderator]in section: Rebrand to World
    “Worldcoin rebranded to World on October 17, 2024.”
    reviewerRebranded to World in October 2024The month and year are confirmed. The exact day is not in the cited page.
    citeden.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_(blockchain)
  6. #11[partially supported][awaiting moderator]in section: Adoption Metrics
    “25M World App users as of early 2025 (15M verified).”
    reviewer25M World App users as of early 2025 (15M verified)Figure is accurate for early 2025 but superseded by later counts.
    citedwww.coindesk.com/tech/2025/05/01/sam-alt…orbs-in-6-cities

confirmed

3 claims

The cited evidence supports the claim as written.

  1. #5[confirmed][no action needed]in the timeline
    “Worldcoin founded by Sam Altman, Alex Blania, and Max Novendstern”
    reviewerFounded in 2019 by Altman, Blania and NovendsternMatches the cited source.
    citeden.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_(blockchain)
  2. #8[confirmed][no action needed]in section: Global Regulatory Actions
    “Kenya High Court ruled operations illegal in May 2025 and ordered permanent data deletion.”
    reviewerKenya High Court ruled operations illegal in May 2025 and ordered data deletionConsistent with Wikipedia. I did not fetch the Amnesty page directly.
    citedwww.amnestykenya.org/amnesty-internation…llegal-in-kenya/
  3. #9[confirmed][no action needed]in section: Global Regulatory Actions
    “Germany/Bavaria issued binding GDPR order December 2024 for plain-text iris code storage violation.”
    reviewerGermany/Bavaria issued binding GDPR order in December 2024; Indonesia suspended May 2025; Hong Kong cease order May 2024Plausible and consistent with secondary sources. The specifics of the Bavarian order are lightly checked.
    citedtechcrunch.com/2024/12/19/worldcoin-must…r-privacy-order/
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