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Alex Jones addresses a pro-Trump crowd on Jan. 6, the day of the U.S. Capitol riot. Jones is widely known for his support of baseless and often bigoted conspiracy theories, and he has been banned from many tech platforms, though not Amazon. Jon Cherry/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jon …
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Members of Congress will be grilling Big Tech CEOs tomorrow at a hearing forebodingly titled “Disinformation Nation: Social Media’s Role in Promoting Extremism and Disinformation.” This comes as no surprise. The last two federal elections and Capitol Hill siege, as well as the proliferation of …
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Last week, independent fact-checking organization Full Fact announced it was creating a five-level scheme to rank the severity of misinformation events, inspired by its first-hand knowledge of the damage misinformation can cause. The Drum explores what Full Fact – and marketers – can do to tame the …
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The claim: The shooting that killed 10 people in a Boulder, Colorado, grocery store is fake Within hours of the shooting deaths of 10 people in Boulder, Colorado, misinformation about the shooting began to spread. On Facebook, an account with nearly 60,000 followers wrote that the shooting was …
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Everyone enjoys the occasional, harmless urban legend, like not stepping on the Talley Student Union seal. Similarly, many of us like to joke about the information some government or large institution may be keeping from us. However, the past year has shown an exponential increase in dangerous …
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QAnon is an online conspiracy theory based on the premise that Donald Trump is trying to save the world from a cabal of powerful, blood-imbibing paedophiles. Since its first appearance in 2017, QAnon has ruined relationships and fuelledviolence. Oh, and it’s generated plenty of memes. There’s the …
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BROOKFIELD, Wis. — Senator Ron Johnson incited widespread outrage when he said recently that he would have been more afraid of the rioters who rampaged the Capitol on Jan. 6 had they been members of Black Lives Matter and antifa. But his revealing and incendiary comment, which quickly prompted …
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On Jan. 7, the Italian virologist Roberto Burioni received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and posted a picture of the exciting moment on Facebook and Twitter. “It’s a miracle made by science,” the scientist and media personality commented, reassuring once more his more than 1 million …
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They’ve garnered considerable media coverage of late, but conspiracy theories are nothing new: they’ve grabbed people’s attention throughout history. Residents of ancient Rome spread conspiracy theories by scratching graffiti on the city walls. In 1307, medieval French King Philip the Fair used …
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The influence of social media on society has been a topic of controversy since its inception.It’s estimated over three billion people use social media worldwide with about 70% of Americans believed to use at least one platform.That reach has sparked even more worry in recent weeks as the use of …
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