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Sabrina Prater’s TikToks are like millions of others on the platform: They simply show her dancing in her home. But one recent video — featuring her dancing to the song “Any Man of Mine” by Shania Twain — caught the attention of many on TikTok, eventually putting Prater, who is transgender, at the …
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ROME, Dec 3 (Reuters) – One out of 10 Italians think astronauts never set foot on the moon while 5.8% believe the earth is flat, according to a poll published on Friday, which said conspiracy theories had taken root in Italian society. The Censis research institute survey, which questioned 1,200 …
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Mark Meadows pushed a conspiracy theory that China used thermostats to hack into voting machines. A new CNN report reveals more details about Meadows’ efforts to subvert the 2020 election. Meadows pressured federal agencies, including the DOJ, to investigate bogus voter fraud claims. Loading …
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Editor’s Note: Nicole Hemmer is an associate research scholar at Columbia University with the Obama Presidency Oral History Project and the author of “Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics.” She co-hosts the history podcasts “Past Present” and “This …
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More people say “it seems plausible” that Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed than that her death was an accident, according to new research by Ipsos MORI. Forty per cent of people agree that it seems plausible that her death was “not an accident”, while 27 per cent disagree, and the rest don’t …
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On Nov. 11, Sabrina Prater, a contractor from outside of Flint, Michigan, put up a video of herself in a basement dancing to a remix of Shania Twain’s “Any Man of Mine.” In most respects, it was similar to lots of other content posted on the platform: a low-fi, poorly lit video of someone dancing …
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Social media platforms have become one of the main channels for disseminating information and content, and are consulted by millions of users every day. These communication channels do not always reflect reality, and encourage the spread of false new reports, hoaxes and conspiracy theories. A …
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Advertisement In the time since Richards first designed her framework for understanding conspiracies and conspiracy theories, monumental events like the 2020 presidential election had not yet taken place nor had the coronavirus pandemic become as deeply intertwined with daily life. “When I made …
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STORY AT-A-GLANCE The International Grand Committee on Disinformation (IGCD) consists of “an international array of legislators, policy advisers, and other experts” who work together “to forge international alliances that bring shared, effective strategies into the battle against online …
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News archive COVID conspiracies PM 23/04/20 “There are those with an interest in wild and wacky conspiracy theories. They include utterly unsupported claims that the virus is a result of 5G exposure, a mass depopulation project or a ploy to vaccinate people with a tracking microchip; there are many …
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