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Among the many wild conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, few rank as high when it comes to both baselessness and reach as those involving voting machines. The theory that voting machines were programmed to steal the election from President
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IMAGE: Andreas Önnerfors, Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at the Department of History, Uppsala University. view more Credit: Tea Jahrehorn Conspiratorial narratives of internal disintegration and external threats affect views in the European Union and Europe to an increasing extent. Our trust in
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Phar Lap. (AP) Almost a third of Australians believe the racehorse Phar Lap’s sudden death in San Francisco in 1932 was the result of poisoning by US gangsters. Researchers Mathew Marques, Jim McLennan, John Kerr, Mathew Ling and Matt Williams
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Amazon’s book recommendation algorithms that help customers discover new titles may have a dark side. A new report from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue says these algorithms steer people to books about conspiracy theories and extremism, sometimes introducing them to the work
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An out-of-print multiplayer card game that first appeared in 1994 is continuing to attract interest and unease online over its apparently eerie ability to “predict” major global events, from 9/11 to the election of Donald Trump, the coronavirus pandemic and
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Amazon.com’s search and recommendation algorithms channel customers into consuming increasingly extremist misinformation, according to a new report. The report, by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, adds to a growing body of research on how digital platforms — including Facebook, YouTube
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The Apollo moon landings were faked, Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone to assassinate JFK, governments are hiding the existence of UFOs. These are some classic conspiracy theories that almost everyone has heard about, and a sizeable number of
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Regarding “Editorial: The Big Lie — The Texas GOP’s not listening, but voter suppression is bad for business,” (A15, April 26): My question is: Where do our future children and their children fit into this vicious scenario? What is the
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Josh Szeps fills in on ABC Radio Sydney Afternoons and takes on Panel for the Ages. Broadcasters, Geraldine Doogue and Peter Berner discuss the conspiracy theories they kind of believe but are blown away by Musician, Gabbi Bolt, who takes
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