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Factbox: What is QAnon and how are online platforms taking action on it?
By Reuters Staff 4 Min Read (Reuters) – Online marketplace Etsy Inc is removing all QAnon merchandise from its site, a spokeswoman told Reuters on Wednesday, the latest in a series of platform crackdowns on the unfounded and sprawling conspiracy theory. FILE PHOTO: A sticker that references the …
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Special Report: How a small group of U.S. lawyers pushed voter fraud fears into the mainstream
By Simon Lewis, Joseph Tanfani 19 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For months, President Donald Trump has tried to convince Americans that the Nov. 3 election will be “rigged,” claiming without evidence that mail voting will open the door to mass cheating. Lawyer J. Christian Adams speaks during a …
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Fact check: California wildfires were not caused by “powerful lasers”
By Reuters Staff 6 Min Read Social media users have been sharing content online that claims the wildfires in California are caused by powerful lasers. The claims include four photographs of explosions and fires from unrelated events. A helicopter and crew releases water to extinguish a section of …
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Fact check: Widely shared video contains false claim COVID-19 pandemic is fake
By Reuters Staff 4 Min Read Warning: some of the quotes in this story contain language that readers may find offensive. Reuters Fact Check. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt A Facebook Live broadcast with over 12,000 shares carries the false message that the COVID-19 pandemic is fake and includes references to …
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Facebook removes ‘Kenosha Guard’ page following shooting
By Katie Paul, Joseph Menn 3 Min Read SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it removed a page for the Kenosha Guard, a group which had posted a “call to arms” in Kenosha, Wisconsin, saying the page violated its policy against “militia organizations.” The company’s action followed …
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Trump says without proof that FDA ‘deep state’ slowing COVID trials
By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday accused members of the “deep state” at the Food and Drug Administration, without providing evidence, of working to slow testing of COVID-19 vaccines until after the November presidential election. In a …
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Fact check: The coronavirus pandemic is not a hoax or a conspiracy to control the general public
By Reuters Staff5 Min ReadA video shared online has claimed that the coronavirus pandemic is a hoax and part of a conspiracy to control the general public. This is false.Reuters Fact Check. REUTERS/Axel SchmidtA post sharing the video can be viewed here (here&theater).The opening sequence shows …
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Twitter will suspend accounts tweeting about conspiracy theory group QAnon
By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read The Twitter logo and binary cyber codes are seen in this illustration taken November 26, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration (Reuters) – Twitter Inc TWTR.N said on Tuesday it would permanently suspend accounts that violate its policies while tweeting about QAnon, a …
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Google bans ads on coronavirus conspiracy theory content
By Sheila Dang 2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Google logo is seen in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday it would prohibit websites and apps that use its advertising technology from running ads on “dangerous …
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