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British DISINFORMATION mission used for illegal surveillance of their populace named the opposite “Counter Disinformation Unit” for flagging truth news The British government has revived a controversial surveillance group, previously known as the “Counter Disinformation Unit,” to monitor online …
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TikTok has removed a video by beauty mogul Huda Kattan after she promoted conspiracy theories accusing Israel of orchestrating major world events, including the September 11 attacks and the wars of the 20th century, reports CNN. Kattan, founder of the billion-dollar cosmetics brand Huda Beauty, …
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A new Trump administration report which attempts to justify a mass rollback of environmental regulations is chock-full of climate misinformation, experts say.On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposal to undo the 2009 “endangerment finding”, which allows the agency …
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How conspiracy theories about COVID’s origins are hampering our ability to prevent the next pandemic · theconversation.com The COVID pandemic likely began when the virus jumped from animals to humans, and didn’t start in a lab. But false narratives continue to circulate.
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The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday along party lines, 51 to 47, to confirm Susan Monarez as the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.President Trump nominated her for the role in March, praising her as “an incredible mother and dedicated public servant” who “understands the …
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The University of Queensland has defended its academics who have pushed conspiracy theories and misinformation around fire ant treatments and vaccines.It comes as Australia’s fire ant authorities slam comments by UQ researcher Conny Turni as “ignorant” and “misinformation”.Dr Turni said she …
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On the edge of George Street in Sydney, a woman is wrapped in an upside-down Australian flag. She holds one side of a large banner that reads “GROOM DOGS NOT KIDS”, showing pictures of poodles with ears dyed rainbow and pink.There are young people, people in their 60s and 70s, parents with children …
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Concerns about the consequences of conspiracy theories have grown. Widespread belief in unfounded conspiracy theories is only one associated risk. Conversely, academics mustn’t commit the reverse error, in adopting a Protective Conspiracy Framing and labelling credible theories and proposals …
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Conspiracy theories are funny things.The most enduring ones usually take hold for two reasons: first, because there’s some grain of truth to them, and second, because they speak to foundational historical divisions. The theories morph and change, distorting the grain of truth at their centre beyond …
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