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A highly anticipated US government report on UFOs – unidentified flying objects – is due to be released before the end of June. The BBC asked Americans visiting the National Air & Space Museum if they believe something’s out there. Video by Roderick Macleod and Man Sum Lai; filming in Nevada by …
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Getty ImagesA vague set of proposals from an influential organisation has been transformed by online conspiracy theorists into a powerful viral rallying cry. What is the truth behind the “Great Reset”? Believers spin dark tales about an authoritarian socialist world government run by powerful …
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The Asian Network for Free Elections, which had observers at more than 400 polling stations during November’s vote, did acknowledge a number of “irregularities” in how the vote was held – but the said they were caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and a number of conflicts in the country at the time.
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Anthony ZurcherNorth America reporter@awzurcheron Twitter image copyrightGetty Images It’s been seven months since the 2020 US presidential election. Donald Trump may not have conceded, but he’s out of office. Joe Biden has been president for more than 100 days. The drumbeat of policy-making has …
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In Ukraine, pages sharing anti-vaccine content grew by 157% in 2020, reaching nearly 26,000 page likes, double the rate for the previous year. In Mexico, Brazil and India, similar pages grew by around 50% each in the past year – faster than in the two previous years.
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Sri Lanka’s sacred city of Anuradhapura is an unlikely place to be enmeshed in a fantastic tale of UFOs and otherworldly happenings. Locally known as Rajarata (Land of Kings), the Unesco World Heritage Site was the first established kingdom on the island (in 377 BC) and is at the heart of Sri …
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In that episode, Rogan told listeners that he would not suggest the vaccine to a healthy 21-year-old. “If you’re a healthy person, and you’re exercising all the time, and you’re young, and you’re eating well…like, I don’t think you need to worry about this.” *** This archive is incomplete. The …
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Catherine grew up in a family that lived an alternative lifestyle. When social media became a big part of her life, she became a huge believer in anti-vaccine conspiracy theories. She told the BBC’s specialist disinformation reporter Marianna Spring what made her question her beliefs, and her ideas …
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The group claims to have no party political affiliation, but several of its key figures have well-documented far-right connections. Querdenken draws in a range of supporters – not only from the far-right, but a motley crew of hippies, spiritualists and some evangelical Christians.
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This means they can share topics that will intersect with people in those communities’ interests and spread a message that, for example, “you don’t need a vaccine, you can just take vitamin D,” without it being overtly flagged to someone that the message is anti-vax when it appears on their feed, …
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