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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — The mysterious “Q” behind the QAnon conspiracy movement, which was instrumental in the storming of the U.S. Capitol, is in fact two people, according to Swiss experts. Swiss startup OrphAnalytics said it had used its algorithm-based machine-learning text analysis software, …
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Amazon said it is banning QAnon merchandise from its marketplace in response to the extremist group’s role in attacking the U.S. Capitol. The company is in the process of removing QAnon products, but said it may take a few days to complete. QAnon, the far-right conspiracy theory group whose …
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IOWA CITY, IOWA — A right-wing conspiracy theorist from Iowa was among the first to break into the U.S. Capitol during last week’s deadly pro-Trump insurrection, chasing and menacing a Black police officer, federal agents said Tuesday. Douglas A. Jensen, 41, surrendered to police in his hometown of …
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MONTREAL — The Twitter account of conspiratorial influencer Alexis Cossette-Trudel was suspended on Friday, the same day that several conspiracy theorists from the QAnon movement were also banned from the social network. Several Twitter accounts linked to the QAnon movement promoted Wednesday’s …
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PARIS — Conspiracy theories about COVID-19 vaccines play an “outsized role” on social media, driven in part by a lack of reliable information which could threaten their efficacy, an NGO specialising in misinformation warned Thursday. “When people can’t easily access reliable information around …
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MONTREAL — On a sunny mid-September day, thousands of anti-maskers paraded through downtown Montreal, flying a variety of flags. Like protests for any cause held in the city, there were the standard Quebec flags. The Canadian maple leaf made appearances – surprisingly, so did the stars and stripes …
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BOSTON — Academics, journalists and First Amendment lawyers are rallying behind New York University researchers in a showdown with Facebook over its demand that they halt the collection of data showing who is being micro-targeted by political ads on the world’s dominant social media platform. The …
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TORONTO — A group of international scientists is urging a Canadian university to establish an independent investigation into one of its professor’s research that links fluoride in drinking water to lower intelligence in children. The 14 experts and researchers from six different nations issued a …
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MONTREAL — CIA-funded brainwashing experiments carried out at a Montreal hospital in the 1940s, 50s and 60s ruined the lives of many of the patients. “It destroyed his life,” said Lana Mills Sowchuk of her father. He was admitted to the Allan Memorial Institute in 1953, told that a doctor there …
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TORONTO — Misinformation and conspiracy theories can sometimes seem as rampant online as genuine news. And while media outlets and health officials have worked to debunk and disprove many of them—as with the World Health Organization’s “Mythbusters” page—people close to you may still believe them. …
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