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CBS projects Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican who drew national scrutiny for promoting QAnon conspiracy theories, has won the U.S. House seat for Georgia’s 14th congressional district. Green was running unopposed after her Democratic opponent, Kevin Van Ausdal, dropped out
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Conspiracy theories have exploded online during the pandemic and in the days leading up to the election, bombarding people with false narratives intended to cause fear and disorder. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson joins CBSN’s “Red & Blue” anchor Elaine
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Both presidential candidates appeared in separate town halls on competing networks on Thursday night after President Trump said he would refuse to participate in a virtual debate. President Trump was in Miami at a contentious town hall hosted by NBC
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Followers of the online conspiracy theorist “QAnon” have propagated outlandish disinformation about secret plots by a “deep state” cabal of Satanic, cannibalistic child-traffickers out to “get” President Trump. How do these anonymous accusations spread, and what happens if Q believers
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It’s one letter that spells out a bizarre conspiracy theory, with President Trump at the center: Q, representing someone, or something, called QAnon. Starting in 2017, a mysterious someone calling him- or her- or themselves “Q” began posting tangled clues
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Citigroup has fired a senior vice president in the bank’s technology department after probing his outside job running the most prominent website devoted to QAnon, a debunked yet popular conspiracy theory. Jason Gelinas was put on paid leave in September
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Social media amplified conspiracy theories and far-right groups during the first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson joins CBSN to discuss the impact it could have on the upcoming election.
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Some evangelical leaders are trying to fight back against online conspiracies gaining popularity in their ranks. Sarah Posner, a reporting fellow at Type Investigations and the author of “Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump,” spoke
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Walmart, Amazon and other corporate giants donated money to the reelection campaign of a Tennessee state lawmaker who had used social media to amplify and promote the QAnon conspiracy theory, according to an Associated Press review of campaign finance records
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A massive protest Saturday in Berlin against Germany’s coronavirus restrictions was shut down just hours after it began because the majority of attendees were not wearing face masks or socially distancing as is required. Berlin police estimate that 18,000 people
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