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A general view of the Houses of Parliament, London, England. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images) Getty Images In parliament earlier today, the Conservative MP Nick Fletcher used a conspiracy theory against the concept of the 15-Minute City. This principle urges it should be easy to walk from home to …
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Researchers used ChatGPT to produce clean, convincing text that repeated conspiracy theories and misleading narratives. Soon after ChatGPT debuted last year, researchers tested what the artificial intelligence chatbot would write after it was asked questions peppered with conspiracy theories and …
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The UK’s leading Jewish organisation and a group of MPs have called on GB News and the media regulator Ofcom to tackle the broadcaster’s indulgence of conspiracy theories, warning that some recent segments and guests risked spreading ideas linked to antisemitism. The criticism comes as the channel …
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ATLANTA – Voltaire famously warned that anyone who can make people believe absurdities can make them commit atrocities. Two and a half centuries later, an insurrection at the US Capitol by those who believed Donald Trump’s lies confirmed Voltaire’s point. And now, the new Republican majority in the …
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Guest Post by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. In an appearance this weekend on “The Kim Iversen Show,” Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and journalist Kim Iversen discussed resistance during the pandemic, strategies for rebuilding democracy and the power of fear — and of new technologies — to control dissent. In an …
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A 2016 poll by the Washington-based research centre Pew revealed that over 65% of Americans report that fake news leaves them feeling confused about basic facts, and 83% of Europeans think fake news is a major problem – with at least half reporting that they encounter misinformation on a weekly …
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From a fake moon landing to ideas about the JFK assassination, conspiracy theories and their adherents have abounded for as long as anyone can remember. People have been having ideas about Elvis, John F. Kennedy and Bigfoot being cryogenically frozen in an underground bunker. What starts out as a …
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In 2017, thousands of people in Memphis, Tennessee joined the Women’s Marches taking place across the world. Among the numerous placards being carried by protesters, bearing such slogans as ‘Our bodies, our minds, our power’ and ‘Grab ’em by the patriarchy’, one seemed distinctly out of place. …
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Submitted by Dirtperson Steve https://thenewbittercenturion.blogspot.com/2023/01/no-dice-pinko.html No Dice, Pinko! Oh boy! Yet ANOTHER news opinion article has come out with some Branch COVID-ian preaching a ‘mea culpa’ I-was-wrong-you-were-wrong-let’s-bury-the-hatchet spiel. This one’s on …
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Bill Gates isn’t going to be joining the billionaire space race anytime soon. In an interview with BBC World News that will air on Friday, the billionaire Microsoft cofounder—whose charitable foundation has put funding behind global efforts to roll out COVID vaccines—said there were social issues …
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