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It’s a trajectory Brand has also followed. Some of his videos on YouTube have previously been demonetized by the platform after being reported for spreading Covid-19 misinformation. But pinned to the top of the comments under some of his recent posts is a promotional link to a website selling gold, …
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Carla Francome campaigns for better cycling routes in Haringey, North London, where she moved a few years ago in search of a community—“an area where I could make friends that would go to the park with me on a Saturday,” she says. “And where there are cafés nearby, and everything is in walking …
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In the past few months, Telegram has been skyrocketing in popularity, hitting 550 million monthly active users in July 2021, which makes it the fifth most-used messaging app in the world. Amid a wave of government-mandated internet shutdowns washing over the world, the app has also been praised for …
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At the time of writing, for instance, one Facebook page with more than 288,000 likes and 450,000 followers is hosting at least two videos featuring interviews with conspiracy theorist David Icke. The videos are from interviews Icke did with London Real, which have been edited to add Arabic …
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Getty Images / WIRED There is, as you probably know by now, a very long list of things that need to happen before a coronavirus vaccine can be rolled out across the country: raw materials need to be sourced, a sub-zero, Brexit-proof distribution system needs to be designed and implemented, and …
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Getty Images / WIRED It was bound to happen. People across the world are trying to trademark QAnon, the American far-right conspiracy theory baselessly claiming that Donald Trump is saving the world from a group of elite satanist paedophiles. According to data from the World Intellectual Property …
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Getty Images / WIRED Arguments about the upcoming US presidential election are getting heated in Canton, the county seat of Stark County in the swing state of Ohio. Stark County is an emblematic patch of America in northeastern Ohio, with a population of over 370,00; it voted for Obama twice before …
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Guy Smallman/Getty Images In 2017, the year the QAnon conspiracy theory was born, most people in the UK would have cackled at the mere suggestion that such an outlandish set of lies would ever gain traction in the British isles. By summer 2020, people were waving Q-themed placards outside …
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In 2015, Brian Dolan decided not to pay for a digital TV subscription, reasoning that he could find all his entertainment for free online. It was a life changing moment. He ended up spending a lot of time watching conspiracy videos, and kept seeing pop-ups for videos made by people who believe the …
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Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images Mobile phone masts in the UK are still being attacked by arsonists on a daily basis because of a conspiracy theory linking 5G to the spread of coronavirus. New data seen by WIRED reveals that dozens of attacks have taken place in the last fortnight, with conspiracy …
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