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Archived 6 years ago from The Interpreter
The cost of conspiracy in muddling public health messages

A spike in coronavirus cases across Melbourne has seen local hotspot suburbs largely locked down and some 3000 people in public housing towers prevented from leaving home at all. But the sharp reminder that “This is not over” which now flashes on freeway signs across Australia’s second largest city …

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Archived 2 years ago from BBC News
Who spread the ‘5G coronavirus’ conspiracy theory?

They were just children when Adolf Hitler’s rule came to an end, but they will never forget the horrors the Nazis inflicted on their families.A group of Austrian grandmothers is determined not to let younger generations forget about the dangers of far-right ideologies. As right-wing populism …

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Archived 5 years ago from The Guardian
What’s wrong with WhatsApp | WhatsApp

In the spring, as the virus swept across the world and billions of people were compelled to stay at home, the popularity of one social media app rose more sharply than any other. By late March, usage of WhatsApp around the world had grown by 40%. In Spain, where the lockdown was particularly …

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Archived 6 years ago from UCLA Newsroom
How conspiracy theories emerge – and how their storylines fall apart

A new study by UCLA professors offers a new way to understand how unfounded conspiracy theories emerge online. The research, which combines sophisticated artificial intelligence and a deep knowledge of how folklore is structured, explains how unrelated facts and false information can connect into a …

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Archived 6 years ago from Financial Times
Conspiracy theories flourish as coronavirus resurfaces in China

Freemasons, Norwegian salmon and even Bill Gates have been blamed for an upsurge in coronavirus cases in Beijing as nationalistic conspiracy theories are allowed to flourish in Chinese cyber space. Some of the wild speculation has been deleted from the popular social media platform Weibo. But many …

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Archived 6 years ago from The Conversation UK
Don’t blame social media for conspiracy theories – they would still flourish without it

COVID-19 conspiracy theories have encouraged people to engage in some dangerous activities in the past few months. There is no simple explanation for why people believe conspiracy theories like these, and the best researchers can say is that the causes of such beliefs are complex and varied. And …

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Archived 4 years ago from Undark Magazine
Opinion: Medical School Taught Me How to Talk to Conspiracy Theorists

A few weeks ago, I took an uncomfortable trip down the rabbit hole of Covid-19 conspiracy theory videos. As a newly minted M.D. who will soon be taking care of patients at a safety-net hospital on the frontlines of an ongoing pandemic, I was especially pained by what I saw. There was the infamous …

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Archived 6 years ago from Washington University in St. Louis Newsroom
WashU Expert: When the conspiracy is real

A 1968 Black Panther coloring book, likely faked by the FBI. Umbrella Man. Outside agitators. Agents provocateur. As protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd continue, conspiracy theories and “false flag” charges have flown fast and furious. Maxwell But sometimes the conspiracy is real. …

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Archived 2 years ago from Yahoo News
Why conspiracy theorists think 5G is bad for your health and why experts say not to worry – CNN

From COVID-19 conspiracy theories to confusion on the facts about Medicare and Medicaid to refusing to say that vaccines aren’t linked to autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s February confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill were anything but smooth for someone who is hoping to lead the Department of …

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