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KINGSTON, R.I. – March 10, 2022 – With misinformation and disinformation just a mouse click away as we scroll through websites and social media, the importance of teaching people how to recognize the truth from lies is paramount in developing
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Algonquin Books “Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything,” by Kelly Weill. The so-called recount of Maricopa County’s 2020 ballots was ostensibly driven by unfounded accusations of voter fraud — which led to thousands
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When COVID-19 first came to dominate the news back in March 2020, I wrote an article for the independent media outlet OffGuardian, warning of the grave dangers we might face. I was not referring to COVID-19, and whatever threat that
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Washington — Some social media users suggest that soaring fuel prices in the U.S. aren’t the result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, increased consumption or supply chain issues as daily life resumes after two years of stagnation brought on by
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Some social media users suggest that soaring fuel prices in the U.S. aren’t the result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, increased consumption or supply chain issues as daily life resumes after two years of stagnation brought on
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In the wake of the Freedom Convoy, conspiracy theories have been on rise in Canada. After two years of the uncertainty of a pandemic and now a war that upends the world order, are these perfect conditions for conspiracy theories
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The protest at Parliament ended in violence and flames, but the issue of disinformation keeps burning. 1News spoke to Josie*, an immunocompromised academic, whose mother was at the protest. it began as another normal day and ended in violence. Josie’s
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. This story was originally published in our data newsletter, which you can sign up for here. Imagine you’re a journalist and you receive a collection of tens of millions of
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More than a quarter of people believe Covid-19 was likely to have been a biological weapon intentionally spread by the Chinese state, according to a new UK poll highlighting the spread of conspiracy theories. The findings are contained in a
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Top takeaways Conspiracy propagandists exist as a subcategory under the antigovernment extremist designation. This subcategory is made up of organizations that spew assertions that aim to delegitimize government institutions or government officials. In 2021, the Southern Poverty Law Center identified
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