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Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here.It was the second week of April, and Michael Demetroudi, an apprentice network engineer based in Wood Green in north London, was having a bad week. Videos by VICE He had already endured two attacks from conspiracy theorists who …
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Mobile UK commented that the daily rate of 5G COVID conspiracy theory attacks appears to be slowing down Arson attacks on cell site and verbal abuse of tower workers resulting from a conspiracy theory that claims that 5G internet is behind the coronavirus outbreak is sparking outrage from …
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Almost 80 mobile towers have reportedly been burned down in the UK due to false coronavirus conspiracy theories that blame the spread of COVID-19 on 5G. The arson attacks began in early April, with 77 towers now damaged, Business Insider reported Wednesday citing industry group Mobile UK.”Daily …
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A bizarre new conspiracy theory links new 5G technology, which will increase mobile connectivity speeds, with the coronavirus outbreak. Proponents of the theory have set phone masts on fire and harassed telecoms engineers laying fiber-optic cables in the UK. The baseless theory has been circulating …
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A conspiracy theory that baselessly links 5G technology with the coronavirus has led to a series of arson attacks on cell phone towers in the UK. The attacks started in early April, and 77 towers have now been attacked, an industry group told Business Insider. Engineers have also been attacked, …
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By Alex Webb | Bloomberg, Do you remember 5G? Before the coronavirus consumed all of our attention, the fifth-generation mobile networks were supposed to be the panacea for lagging economies, telecoms firms, keeping pace with China, autonomous cars, smart factories and plenty more besides. …
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Interviews with David Icke on YouTube, which have since been removed, also peddled false claims that 5G is linked to coronavirus. Mr Icke also appeared on a London TV station, which was found to have breached the UK’s broadcasting standards. His Facebook page was later taken down, the company said, …
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Conspiracy theories linking 5G technology to coronavirus have resulted in dozens of phone masts across the UK being vandalised in recent weeks. Theories about the dangers of 5G had already been circulating, despite regulators confirming that the radiation levels of the new technology are well …
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This is a true story, though much of it is complete fiction. And it starts with a statement of the blindingly obvious. There is no link between the coronavirus and the 5G network. Yet the conspiracy theory connecting the disease with the fifth generation of mobile telecommunications infrastructure …
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Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Since the novel coronavirus pandemic began, misinformation has proliferated on the Internet — par for the course during a crisis. People took to social media in droves to share false claims that covering your body in chlorine or eating garlic were …
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