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As Maui reckons with one of the deadliest wildfires in recent U.S. history, it is also dealing with a digital nightmare that has become common around major news stories: social media-fueled conspiracy theories. Fires have ravaged and destroyed parts of West Maui, hitting the historic community of …
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Claim: An episode of the animated series “The Simpsons” predicted the use of a “directed energy weapon.” Context In the 2016 “Simpsons” episode entitled “Monty Burns’ Fleeing Circus,” a newly erected chrome statue in downtown Springfield unexpectedly reflects the sun’s rays in a focused beam …
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Theories have been spreading online that the fires that have devastated Maui were allegedly started “too suddenly” and “burned too harshly” to be a regular wildfire, as reported on The Expose earlier today (source). From videos circulating showing strikes coming from the sky and witness accounts …
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CLAIM: Scenes from the Maui wildfires show cars and buildings badly damaged near trees and poles that remain standing, suggesting a wildfire wasn’t the cause.AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Such observations from the fires on the Hawaiian island are not unusual, experts say. Wildfires often spew fiery …
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EPABy Shayan Sardarizadeh and Mike WendlingBBC Verify and BBC NewsFalse claims about the deadly wildfires in Hawaii – including that shadowy forces orchestrated the disaster with a laser beam – have gained traction online.The misleading posts come from a variety of sources and accounts, but …
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PolitiFact | Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed in 1945, despite conspiracy theories Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed in 1945, despite conspiracy theories If Your Time is short The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in August 1945. “Hiroshima and Nagasaki were …
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Claim: A viral video showed a directed energy weapon attack on Maui in August 2023. A conspiracy theory that went viral during the Maui wildfires in August 2023 that devastated parts of the Hawaiian island and killed at least 90 people posited that the fires were purposely started using directed …
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The growing attention around recent extreme weather events is also giving rise to more Spanish-language disinformation and misinformation on climate change, researchers say.News about extreme weather events, as well as media coverage of government policies around climate change, often serve as …
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The government of Hawai’i states the goal for the rebuild is to make the entire island of Maui the first Smart ISLAND. They want the entire island governed by AI as outlined in the Hawai’i Digital government summit of 2023 that they have planned to host next month Monday, September 25, 2023 on …
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been hitting the summer barbecue circuit with ramped-up rhetoric around debunked claims that the World Economic Forum is attempting to impose its agenda on sovereign governments.It is, some experts suggest, another sign that some conspiracy theories are …
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