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Wednesday, October 27, 2021 | 8:30AM San Francisco | 11:30AM New York | 4:30PM London Conspiracy theories played a role in the insurrection at the US Capitol in January and continue to fuel resistance, in some circles, to getting vaccinated
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Texas Gov. Abbott has repeatedly referred to the situation at the Southern border as an “invasion.” This language pulls from a white supremacist conspiracy theory that has led to numerous killings. As we welcome Afghan refugees, fear-mongering language instead of
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Image Info: Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona/Unsplash The Spread of Misinformation and Conspiracy Theories (Repeat) September 20, 2021 The prevalence of misinformation and conspiracy theories have become a growing point of concern in the last few years, in light of its clear
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Facebook post: Says 2010 video clip showing coffins in a field proves “COVID was planned.” PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire Here’s why: A clip from a 2010 episode of the truTV series “Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura” has resurfaced on social
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A rally for supporters of the “Big Lie” is looking like a big flop. Reports from the start of the “Justice for J6” rally Saturday show an event much smaller than the January 6th Capitol insurrection. Video from on-scene reporters
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<!– –> The new enforcement tool will take aim at groups with histories of violating Facebook’s rules San Francisco: Facebook has launched an effort targeting users working together on the platform to promote real-world violence or conspiracy theories, beginning by
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Internet feeds swarm with cats and bots and trolls. Malicious posts, disguised on behalf of foreign agents trying to sow political and social chaos, compete for attention in comment threads, social media ads, and sophisticated Big Data-assisted influence campaigns. It
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The BBC’s chairman Richard Sharp is calling for tighter regulation of the world’s major social networks and platforms to crackdown on disinformation and fake news. Speaking at the RTS Convention in Cambridge today, Sharp wants the BBC “to define itself
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The pandemic and associated lockdowns have given rise to an acceleration in ‘fake news’ around the world over the last year. The phenomenon of mis- and disinformation takes root, evolves and proliferates and can cause real world harm. In this
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BERLIN—One Saturday last month, thousands of anti-lockdown protesters stormed my quiet neighborhood, crashing into the weekly farmers’ market with signs discouraging vaccinations against COVID-19. But their concerns appeared to go beyond supposedly overreaching public health measures. One demonstrator pushed a
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