US groups linked to COVID conspiracies pour millions of ‘dark money’ into Latin America

October 29, 2020 china, covid19, israel

Archived 6 years ago from Open Democracy
US groups linked to COVID conspiracies pour millions of ‘dark money’ into Latin America

Half a dozen US Christian right groups have poured millions of dollars into Latin America and have promoted misinformation about COVID-19 and other health and rights issues, openDemocracy can reveal today. These groups are part of a bigger number of twenty Christian right groups that have spent at …

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October 29, 2020 5g

Archived 6 years ago from santamariasun.com
What the what? | Canary

The following article was posted on October 28th, 2020, in the Santa Maria Sun – Volume 21, Issue 35 [ Submit a Story ] The following articles were printed from Santa Maria Sun [santamariasun.com] – Volume 21, Issue 35 What the what? By THE CANARY How mainstream are internet conspiracy theories, …

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October 29, 2020 2020 election, deep state, qanon, russia, trump

Archived 4 years ago from The Hague
Q-Pilled: Conspiracy Theories, Trump, and Election Violence in the United States – ICCT – International Centre for Counter-Terrorism

Marc-André Argentino, Amarnath Amarasingam 29 Oct 2020 The QAnon conspiracy emerged on 28 October 2017, when a user named “Q” posted what were purported to be highly classified government secrets on 4chan’s /pol/ (politically incorrect) discussion board, contributing to a thread discussing the …

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October 28, 2020 alex jones, big tech, china, covid19, pizzagate, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from The Baytown Sun
On Twitter, bots spread conspiracy theories and QAnon talking points

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Emilio Ferrara, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism (THE CONVERSATION) Americans who seek political insight and information on Twitter should know how much of what …

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October 28, 2020 qanon

Archived 6 years ago from Voice of America
US Fringe Group’s Conspiracy Theories Find Following in Germany

An unexpected consequence of the COVID crisis in Germany has been the rapid increase in followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory. As Jacob Russell reports from Berlin, Germany now has the second largest following outside the United States as more people become skeptical of their government’s good …

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October 28, 2020 2020 election, jfk assassination, qanon, trump

Archived 6 years ago from Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
As election looms, Trump adds to the long story of conspiracy theory in US politics

. In 2016, University of Miami political scientist Joseph Uscinski tried to imagine a conspiracy theorist as president, someone “sitting at the most powerful desk in the world, complete with the codes to a nuclear arsenal.” By the time Uscinski put his thoughts in writing, Donald Trump was the …

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October 28, 2020 2020 election, alex jones, china, covid19, pizzagate, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from USC News
Election 2020 chatter on Twitter busy with bots, conspiracy theorists

Bots and conspiracy theorists have infested the Twitter chatter around the upcoming U.S. presidential election, USC researchers have found. Looking at more than 240 million election-related tweets, the study found that thousands of automated accounts, known as bots, had posted tweets about …

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October 27, 2020 9/11, deep state, moon landing, qanon, roswell

Archived 6 years ago from News 13 Orlando
Expert: Conspiracy Theories a Danger to Democracy this Election Cycle

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — Conspiracy theories: they’ve been around since the founding fathers and it seems like there is a new one every day. What You Need To Know Conspiracy theories have been around for a long time This election cycle, though, the conspiracy theories are concerning, one expert says …

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October 27, 2020 2020 election

Archived 6 years ago from CBS News
Conspiracy theories go viral and raise concerns ahead of 2020 election

Conspiracy theories have exploded online during the pandemic and in the days leading up to the election, bombarding people with false narratives intended to cause fear and disorder. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson joins CBSN’s “Red & Blue” anchor Elaine Quijano to explain some of the ways people …

Joe Rogan puts Alex Jones, Tim Dillon on his podcast, Internet angry he featured anti-vaxxer during pandemic

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October 27, 2020 alex jones, antivax, cia

Archived 6 years ago from MEAWW
Joe Rogan puts Alex Jones, Tim Dillon on his podcast, Internet angry he featured anti-vaxxer during pandemic

For fans of American comedian, podcaster, and actor Joe Rogan and his globally popular podcast, ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’, Tuesday, October 27, was a surprise. Episode 1,555 of ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ featured two controversial guests — conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and comedian Tim Dillon. …

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