Conspiracy theories are a public-health threat

September 28, 2020 bill gates, china, deep state, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from Winnipeg Free Press
Conspiracy theories are a public-health threat

Opinion First there was the pandemic, then came the “infodemic” — a term the head of the World Health Organization defines as the spread of false information about COVID-19. The most dangerous conspiracy theories about the coronavirus are now part of the QAnon phenomenon. For months now, actors in …

GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Antifa and Fires

Conspiracy

September 27, 2020 antivax, bill gates, chemtrails, covid19

Archived 6 years ago from Lost Coast Outpost
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Antifa and Fires

Wildfire is an inherently complex biogeochemical process, and there is no singular reason for the worsening crisis. It’s not just climate change, nor simply the unfortunate legacy of 20th century forest management, nor only the continued expansion into the wildland urban interface—it really is all …

Conspiracy

September 27, 2020 5g

Archived 6 years ago from Open Democracy
Are far right groups really just about spreading conspiracy theories and misinformation?

The research findings challenge the belief that conspiracy theories are the ‘hook’ for the Far Right, or ‘the way they radicalise people’, ‘the way they attempt to normalise extremist narratives’ and ‘a clear tactic of extremist groups’, as stated by PREVENT National Coordinator Chief …

Is Facebook Bad for Society? New Insights on the Company’s Approach Raise Important Questions

Conspiracy

September 26, 2020 2020 election, antivax, fauci

Archived 6 years ago from Social Media Today
Is Facebook Bad for Society? New Insights on the Company’s Approach Raise Important Questions

Is Facebook a positive or negative influence on society – and does the company, or indeed anybody in a position to enact any type of change, actually care either way? This question has been posed by many research reports and academic analyses over the years, but seemingly, the broader populous, at …

Kathrin has been ‘brainwashed’ by a nation before — now she’s worried her friends are becoming ‘converts’

Conspiracy

September 26, 2020 china, covid19, flat earth, russia, tuskegee experiment

Archived 6 years ago from ABC News
Kathrin has been ‘brainwashed’ by a nation before — now she’s worried her friends are becoming ‘converts’

Kathrin grew up “pretty brainwashed” in East Germany during the Cold War. Once a communist girl scout, she remembers the steady drum beat of state propaganda in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). To stop an exodus to the West, the country’s leaders had built the Berlin Wall — physically and …

Conspiracy

September 26, 2020 qanon, trump

Archived 6 years ago from The New York Times
Arizona: A Donald Trump Jr. event is full of people and conspiracy theories.

Arizona has 11 electoral votes. In 2016, Trump won the state by 3.5 percentage points. In 2020, it’s rated Lean Democratic. CHANDLER, Ariz. — More than 800 people lined up early on Tuesday morning to see Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son, and Charlie Kirk, the 26-year-old founder of …

Conspiracy

September 26, 2020 big tech, bill gates, covid19, epstein, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from Leicestershire Live
How British grannies are spreading far-right conspiracy theory memes on Facebook

A headteacher in Stoke-on-Trent told me that, alongside ensuring a COVID-safe return to school for her pupils this September, she’s having to reassure parents that their children will not be forcibly taken away and isolated in a secret location if they start coughing in class. The headteacher keeps …

Conspiracy

September 26, 2020 big tech, bill gates, covid19, epstein, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from Cambridgeshire Live
How British grannies are spreading far-right conspiracy theories

Conspiracy

September 25, 2020 5g, bill gates, covid19, flat earth

Archived 6 years ago from BBC News
Tech Tent: Why are we so misinformed?

No, there is no link between the coronavirus and 5G – nor is there any truth in the claim that Bill Gates is involved in a devilish plot to put a chip in everyone. A tidal wave of conspiracy theories and misinformation is swamping social media and on Tech Tent this week we look at the impact of …

Conspiracy

September 25, 2020 bill gates, covid19, deep state, fauci

Archived 6 years ago from Cape Cod Times
OPINION/BROWN: Taking comfort in conspiracy theories – Opinion

It was Dec. 4, 2016, near the nation’s capital, and Edgar Welch was about to do something heroic. It was all over the internet that Comet Ping Pong pizzeria housed secret tunnels in which Hillary Clinton and others kept children penned up in cages. Edgar was there to rescue them. Just the previous …

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