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A growing number of elected Republicans are openly promoting “white replacement theory,” a decades-old conspiracy theory that’s animated terrorist attacks, including the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Why it matters: This mainstreams what once was the sole provenance of white supremacists. What it is: …
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Ajay Sethi is interviewed about COVID-19 by a Milwaukee TV station. He estimates that he has done about 300 media interviews since the pandemic started. Fox 6 Milwaukee There was a time when getting calls from reporters wasn’t part of Ajay Sethi’s average day. Aside from a story about his research …
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That report spurred an unusual reaction. Social media companies, concerned about having been vectors for Russian misinformation in 2016, limited the sharing of the Post’s story. This was framed by the right as being an effort to protect Biden (though the allegations being made were unlikely to …
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A new report from ad giant IPG criticizes the major social networks like YouTube and Facebook for misinformation. The report calls Facebook a “significant source of climate misinformation.” IPG encouraged its clients, which include Coca-Cola and AmEx, to move their dollars to reliable news sources. …
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After the Pentagon mandated the COVID-19 vaccines for the U.S. military in late August, a viral story describing an intense backlash among service members exploded online. “27 U.S. Air Force Pilots Resign Over Covid-19 Vaccination Mandate,” said the headline on the Sept. 1 article. The story …
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Recently, a group of unnamed hackers claiming association with the hacker collective known as Anonymous released more than 180 gigabytes of data from Epik, a web-hosting company whose clients included a number of alt-right groups and services, including right-wing Twitter alternatives Gab and …
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Michael Flynn, former National Security Advisor to President Donald J. Trump, said on a video panel … [+] that “Somebody sent me a thing this morning where they’re talking about putting the vaccine into salad dressing, or salads.” (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis via …
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Michael Flynn is no longer a general, no longer the national security adviser, and no longer a credible figure in mainstream conservatism. This hasn’t stopped him from becoming one of the most powerful influencers among the nether regions of the MAGAverse. The Trump World hero has spent the bulk of …
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A man suspected of shooting a petrol station cashier dead in Germany has been connected with coronavirus conspiracy groups and the far right. The 49-year-old man was arrested on Sunday, a day after a 20-year-old clerk was shot in the head with a revolver in Idar-Oberstein, a town in the west of the …
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Watch the CBSN Originals documentary “Conspirituality: How Wellness Became a Gateway for Misinformation” in the video player above. It premieres on CBSN Sunday, Sept. 26, at 8 p.m., 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. ET. Susanna Barkataki, a yoga teacher in Los Angeles, saw it unfold on her social media feed …
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