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According to the QAnon conspiracy theory, liberal elites are kidnapping children and forcing them into sex trafficking. The outlandish accusations aside, most missing children cases have no relation to kidnapping. More often, missing children turn out to be runaways. Erin Albright, an anti-human …
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A viral TikTok shows a firefighter debunking conspiracy theories about the fires currently ravaging the West Coast. The video has amassed hundreds of thousands of views on TikTok, and millions on Twitter. There are currently over 85 fires affecting areas on the West Coast, and at least 35 people …
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Videos showing what people claim to be unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings are going viral on TikTok — taking over the For You Page and raking in millions of views. The trend follows a long history of American fascination with UFOs. TikTok is well-suited for quickly spreading information …
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A Goodyear blimp was mistaken for a UFO in several videos posted on social media on Monday. A representative for Goodyear confirmed to Insider that the company flew a blimp in New York City and northern New Jersey on Monday evening. A TikTok video showing what the person described as a UFO reached …
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A popular site for the dissemination of QAnon posts and ideas shut down after a fact-checking group identified the site developer. Logically.ai, a fact-checking site, identified the “developer and mouthpiece” behind the site as Jason Gelinas, a New Jersey man appearing to work in IT at Citigroup. …
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The mayor of a small town in Washington state said in a radio broadcast that the unfounded conspiracy theory QAnon was a “truth movement that encourages you to think for yourself.” Sequim Mayor William Armacost said in the August 27 radio interview that the conspiracy theory’s believers are …
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Novak Djokovic has come under fire from one of the Serbian government’s top scientists after saying he wouldn’t want to be inoculated against the novel coronavirus. The world No. 1 on Sunday said he was “opposed to vaccines” and “wouldn’t want to be forced” to get one to travel once the tennis …
Read MorePresident Donald Trump has expressed anti-vaccine views since 2007, when he told a reporter that he believes vaccines can cause autism in young children. It’s not immediately clear, however, how Trump developed this position, which stems from a discredited study published in 1998 and retracted in …
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In May, Instagram announced it would automatically block hashtag searches that generate anti-vaccination misinformation, but anti-vaxxers have since found loopholes to continue disseminating the content. Anti-vaxxers have been using symbols to replace words or accent marks in their hashtags in …
Read MoreA new study suggests that mothers who drink fluoridated water during pregnancy (which shows up in their urine) may be giving birth to kids who have slightly lower IQs. The finding held true in boys, but not girls. The American Academy of Pediatrics still recommends that kids drink fluoridated tap …
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