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What do a mosque shooting victim in Christchurch and a Hollywood supermodel have in common? Anke Richter looks at the mental health fallout of cult-like conspiracy movements. Three weeks ago, I sat in the High Court in Christchurch for the sentencing of the mosque terrorist and listened to 91 …
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Send questions about the office, money, careers and work-life balance to workfriend@nytimes.com. Include your name and location, or a request to remain anonymous. Letters may be edited. QAnon bosses My pretty intelligent, chill, fun boss seems to be buying into the conspiracy theory nonsense ever …
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In January 2019, YouTube began rolling out the system. That’s when Mark Sargent noticed his flat-earth views take a nose dive. Other types of content were getting down-ranked, too, like moon-landing conspiracies or videos perseverating on chemtrails. Over the next few months, Goodrow and Rohe …
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Misinformation and conspiracy theories about the election and voting, the pandemic, even the wildfires out west are everywhere online. It’s even a challenge for the most careful news readers to keep all the facts straight. And the amount of domestic disinformation has also dramatically increased in …
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A viral TikTok shows a firefighter debunking conspiracy theories about the fires currently ravaging the West Coast. The video has amassed hundreds of thousands of views on TikTok, and millions on Twitter. There are currently over 85 fires affecting areas on the West Coast, and at least 35 people …
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Principals say conspiracy theories about the pandemic and economic turmoil are not helping the low school attendance in Northland. File photo. Photo: 123RF Education Ministry figures showed average daily attendance in the region last week was just over 86 percent. That was about the same as …
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Principals are blaming conspiracy theories about the pandemic and economic turmoil for persistently low school attendance in Northland. File photo. Photo: 123RF Education Ministry figures showed average daily attendance in the region last week was just over 86 percent. That was about the same as …
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As wildfires were burning across Oregon and California this week, conspiracy theories about how the fires started were moving nearly as rapidly on Facebook. Posts falsely blaming members of antifa or Black Lives Matter spread across the platform nearly unchecked, causing calls about “antifa …
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Late one Tuesday night in May, while most of Quebec was still under lockdown orders, the phone rang in Premier François Legault’s riding office. In a calm but firm voice, a man left a message saying he regretted voting for Legault, and then warned the premier that his days were numbered. A few …
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Conspiracy theories are causing people to fear the harmless and ignore the harmful – Poynter Conspiracy theories are causing people to fear the harmless and ignore the harmful – Poynter Home Fact-Checking Conspiracy theories are causing people to fear the harmless and ignore the harmful
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