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Image caption Sir Van claims scientists are “making up crooked facts” to justify measures that “enslave” the population Northern Ireland’s health minister has described three new songs by Sir Van Morrison that protest against coronavirus lockdowns as “dangerous”. In the lyrics, Sir Van claims …
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Scientists, however, are human too. Today, it’s easy to see gaps in the scientific evidence of 1976, such as the belief that the virus mirrored the 1918 outbreak or that a pandemic was due. But the scientists of the time could not, so faced with uncertainty, they made conclusions influenced by …
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption False claims about Covid-19 test kits and thermometers have been spreading on social media Six months since the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic, false claims continue to circulate on social media. Here’s our latest round-up of some of the most …
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Protesters gathered in London on Saturday to hear about a range of coronavirus-related conspiracy theories Online and in real-life demonstrations, two viral conspiracy theories are increasingly coming together.At first glance the only thing they appear to …
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Image copyright FACEBOOK/LOUISEHAMPTON83 Image caption Ms Hampton said in the video her service “was dead” during the pandemic A worker at a major NHS provider is under investigation by her employer for posting a video on social media in which she appeared to suggest the Covid-19 pandemic didn’t …
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Image copyright Facebook Image caption Brian with his wife Erin, who passed away this month A Florida taxi driver, who believed false claims that coronavirus was a hoax, has lost his wife to Covid-19. Brian Lee Hitchens and his wife, Erin, had read claims online that the virus was fabricated, …
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By Olga Robinson, Alistair Coleman and Flora Carmichael BBC Monitoring Facebook has removed or restricted thousands of groups and accounts sharing and promoting the QAnon conspiracy theory. It is part of a new policy that aims to limit the risks to public safety posed by QAnon, “offline anarchist …
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Fifty years since the Apollo 11 mission put astronauts on the Moon, conspiracy theories still abound about whether humans actually reached the lunar surface. BBC Click speaks to experts to dispel some of the myths surrounding the lunar landings. See more at Click’s website and @BBCClick
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Image copyright Getty Images German prosecutors have filed fraud charges against three former board members and a retired senior employee at carmaker Audi. It is the latest legal development in the “dieselgate” scandal, in which companies and executives were alleged to have broken emissions rules. …
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