A movement is gaining momentum on social media to change the viral #SavetheChildren hashtag to #SaveOurChildren instead. This is because the #SavetheChildren hashtag is associated with the humanitarian aid organization Save the Children, which is supported in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, along with many other foundations and organizations. Some social media users believe Gates — the subject of many unproven or false conspiracy theories — benefits from the hashtag and have launched a campaign to get others to stop using it.
Save the Children is a humanitarian aid organization that has been around since 1919 and works to help at-risk children across the world.