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Kevin Roose column: Why conspiracy theories are so addictive right now
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Archived 6 years ago from Baltimore Sun
Kevin Roose column: Why conspiracy theories are so addictive right now

None of these theories passed the smell test, but they were retweeted and shared thousands of times anyway. Zignal Labs, a firm that tracks online misinformation, said that the theory that Trump had faked his illness had been mentioned more than 85,000 times on social media, and that the hashtag …

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EDITORIAL: 5G fable morphs into towering conspiracy theory
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Archived 6 years ago from TheChronicleHerald.ca
EDITORIAL: 5G fable morphs into towering conspiracy theory

It’s probably the strangest conspiracy theory to make the rounds recently — and Canada’s telecom giants wants it classed as terrorism. Take your smart phone out of your pocket and have a look at it. Maybe the last thing you used it for was to message your spouse, who was on the way to the grocery …

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UK expert: Getting wise to misinformation, conspiracy theories – ABC 36 News
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Archived 6 years ago from WTVQ
UK expert: Getting wise to misinformation, conspiracy theories – ABC 36 News

From Facebook to Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat — social media is always at our fingertips. Slanted views can spread like wildfire on those platforms, despite efforts to stop it. – Advertisement – Jenny Rice, an associate professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies in …

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Sacha Baron Cohen: We Must Save Democracy From Conspiracies
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Archived 6 years ago from TIME
Sacha Baron Cohen: We Must Save Democracy From Conspiracies

A few times in my career, I have genuinely feared for my life. In Arkansas, I posed as an ultimate fighter at a cage match and challenged anyone in the audience to take me on. When my fake ex-boyfriend volunteered, we engaged in some heavy petting, triggering a near riot. The crowd—including some …

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UK Expert on Importance of Getting Wise to Misinformation, Conspiracy Theories
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Archived 6 years ago from UKNow
UK Expert on Importance of Getting Wise to Misinformation, Conspiracy Theories

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 8, 2020) — Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, technology has opened gateways — allowing for people to continue learning and remain connected. But it’s also allowed for the steady flow of disinformation, misinformation and conspiracy theories. From Facebook to Twitter, Instagram and …

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It’s been a week for Trump conspiracy theories. Here’s how to teach students to identify them — and more news literacy lessons.
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Archived 6 years ago from The Washington Post
It’s been a week for Trump conspiracy theories. Here’s how to teach students to identify them — and more news literacy lessons.

The material comes from the project’s newsletter, the Sift, which takes the most recent viral rumors, conspiracy theories, hoaxes and journalistic ethics issues and turns them into timely lessons with discussion prompts and links. The Sift, which is published weekly during the school year, has more …

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Making sense of sorts of conspiracy jargon
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Archived 6 years ago from The Australian Financial Review
Making sense of sorts of conspiracy jargon

The QAnon conspiracy theory claims that President Donald Trump is waging a secret war against high-profile Satan-worshipping paedophiles. It surfaced in October 2017 when a mysterious person calling themselves “Q” began posting cryptic messages on internet message boards. These messages, often …

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Opinion | Our Leader’s Life Is at Risk. Cue the Conspiracy Theories.
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Archived 6 years ago from The New York Times
Opinion | Our Leader’s Life Is at Risk. Cue the Conspiracy Theories.

Reagan himself survived a shooting two years later. His vice president, George H.W. Bush, happened to have some ties to the gunman’s family, and conspiracists have been chewing on those connections ever since. When a powerful man has a fatal or near-fatal experience, people are bound to speculate …

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Our Leader’s Life Is at Risk. Cue the Conspiracy Theories.
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Archived 6 years ago from The New York Times
Our Leader’s Life Is at Risk. Cue the Conspiracy Theories.

The conspiratorial speculations swirling around Donald Trump’s illness were inevitable. I’m not saying that just because the White House’s mixed signals and lack of transparency have made it difficult to know what’s going on, though that hasn’t helped. Nor am I blaming social media, which may be a …

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