How false claims about 5G health risks spread into the mainstream

April 7, 2020 david icke

Archived 5 years ago from The Guardian
How false claims about 5G health risks spread into the mainstream

A year ago, hoax theories about the dangers of 5G had barely pierced the public’s consciousness, largely remaining confined to serious conspiracy theorists such as David Icke. In recent weeks, baseless claims about risks associated with the next-generation mobile technology have gone mainstream. …

April 7, 2020 china, covid19, qanon

Archived 5 years ago from Slate
Fearing the Invisible

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YouTube, social media platforms try to limit spread of false 5G coronavirus conspiracy claims after cellphone masts attacked

April 6, 2020 big tech, china, covid19

Archived 1 year ago from WLS-TV
YouTube, social media platforms try to limit spread of false 5G coronavirus conspiracy claims after cellphone masts attacked

YouTube and other social media platforms are taking steps to limit the spread of conspiracy theories falsely connecting 5G networks and the coronavirus pandemic after a string of attacks on cell phone towers.Mobile operators said Monday that there have been at least five instances of vandals …

April 6, 2020 big tech, bill gates, david icke

Archived 2 years ago from BBC News
Coronavirus: YouTube tightens rules after David Icke 5G interview

7 April 2020Leo KelionTechnology desk editorYouTubeYouTube has banned all conspiracy theory videos falsely linking coronavirus symptoms to 5G networks.The Google-owned service will now delete videos violating the policy. It had previously limited itself to reducing the frequency it recommended them …

April 6, 2020 covid19

Archived 6 years ago from Alliance for Science
5G: What’s behind the latest COVID conspiracy theory?

First they blamed GMOs. Then biowarfare. Now a new COVID conspiracy theory is making the rounds, purportedly linking the ongoing global pandemic with the rollout of 5G communications networks. Where did this theory originate, and what is the “evidence” offered by believers? What are the …

April 6, 2020 china

Archived 5 years ago from USA TODAY
Coronavirus 5G conspiracy theory spreads as cellphone towers attacked

The unfounded claims about 5G spreading across social media appear to be contributing to real-world attacks on cellphone towers in the United Kingdom. Four of Vodaphone’s towers were attacked in this past weekend, according to the multinational telecommunications company. This comes after several …

April 6, 2020

Archived 2 years ago from CNBC
UK cell towers torched amid bogus conspiracy theories that link 5G with coronavirus

A mobile phone mast on January 8, 2020 in Cardiff, United Kingdom.Matthew Horwood | Getty ImagesSeveral cell towers in the U.K. have been set on fire and engineers harassed amid the spread of online conspiracy theories that link 5G technology with the coronavirus pandemic.Four of Vodafone’s mobile …

April 6, 2020 alex jones, antivax, big tech, bill gates, chemtrails, china, covid19, david icke, deep state, illuminati, qanon, rfk jr, russia

Archived 6 years ago from Wired.co.uk
How the 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory tore through the internet

Getty Images / WIRED It started with one doctor. On January 22, Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws published an interview with Kris Van Kerckhoven, a general practitioner from Putte, near Antwerp. “5G is life-threatening, and no one knows it”, read the headline. One scientifically-baseless claim …

April 6, 2020 china, covid19

Archived 1 year ago from The New Statesman
How celebrities became the biggest peddlers of 5G coronavirus conspiracy theories – New Statesman

WESTWOOD, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 10: Woody Harrelson attends the Premiere Of Sony Pictures’ “Zombieland Double Tap” at Regency Village Theatre on October 10, 2019 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is not because of 5G. There is no …