How a Kennedy became a ‘superspreader’ of hoaxes on COVID-19, vaccines, 5G and more

September 16, 2020 5g, antivax, big tech, bill gates, china, chloroquine, covid19, deep state, fauci, qanon, rfk jr

Archived 6 years ago from The Globe and Mail
How a Kennedy became a ‘superspreader’ of hoaxes on COVID-19, vaccines, 5G and more

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QAnon

September 15, 2020 5g, bill gates, cia, covid19, deep state, marjorie taylor greene, pizzagate

Archived 6 years ago from FRANCE 24
Covid a ‘catalyst’ for QAnon’s rise in Europe

Advertising Read more Paris (AFP) QAnon, the US-based conspiracy about a Satan-worshipping, paedophile cabal secretly running the world, is taking root in Europe feeding on fears stirred up by the coronavirus outbreak, analysts say. Anti-vaxxers, white supremacists and government sceptics in Europe …

The coronavirus ‘infodemic’: truth and conspiracy online

COVID-19

September 15, 2020 5g, big tech, china, russia

Archived 6 years ago from PublicTechnology
The coronavirus ‘infodemic’: truth and conspiracy online

Credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire/PA ImagesThe internet has always loved a conspiracy theory. The Earth is flat. Avril Lavigne was secretly replaced with a clone, à la Paul McCartney. Elvis faked his own death and lived out a quiet retirement in Graceland. Drinking disinfectant will kill …

False claims and conspiracy theories are sources of frustration during the coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19

September 15, 2020 5g, antivax, bill gates, cdc, chloroquine, mike lindell, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from cleveland.com
False claims and conspiracy theories are sources of frustration during the coronavirus pandemic

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The coronavirus pandemic has fueled some crazy rumors and conspiracy theories, the most recent being that Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is creating camps where children will be separated from their parents.Ohio Rep. Nino Vitale, a Republican from Urbana and vocal critic of the governor, …

COVID-19

September 14, 2020 5g, fluoridation, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from RNZ
David Farrier on ‘red-pilling’ and Covid-19 conspiracies

The discordant voice of Blues guitarist Billy TK Jnr and his sudden propensity for conspiracy theories has attracted thousands of others down rabbit hole with him. David Farrier Photo: Dan Rutledge Journalist and filmmaker David Farrier’s Webworm blog The Red Pilling of Billy TK Jnr, explores the …

Conspiracy

September 14, 2020 5g, antivax, bill gates, covid19, george soros, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from Global News
QAnon conspiracy theorists, far-right group join Vancouver anti-mask rally

Several hundred anti-mask and anti-vaccine advocates, 5G and child-trafficking conspiracy theorists and members of a far-right group gathered in Vancouver Sunday for what was dubbed a “March for Freedom.”Signs at the event protested mandatory mask and mandatory vaccine policies that do not exist in …

How Billy TK plunged down the Covid conspiracy rabbit hole

COVID-19

September 13, 2020 5g, adrenochrome, big tech, bill gates, qanon, rfk jr

Archived 6 years ago from The Spinoff
How Billy TK plunged down the Covid conspiracy rabbit hole

On Saturday afternoon, Billy Te Kahika Jr was the star attraction at an Aotea Square rally replete with Covid-19 conspiracy theorists. How did a blues musician end up New Zealand’s premier peddler of conspiracy nonsense? David Farrier went searching on the most powerful disinformation network of …

Disaster planners warn conspiracy theories pose a security threat

COVID-19

September 13, 2020 5g

Archived 6 years ago from Sydney Morning Herald
Disaster planners warn conspiracy theories pose a security threat

“Every time you have a natural disaster you will have people wanting to take advantage of it,” he said. “The world that we live in at the moment has people using every opportunity available to them to undermine civilised society. “We certainly have discussed with our intelligence agencies the cause …

Conspiracy

September 11, 2020 5g, big tech, chemtrails, flat earth, pizzagate, ufos

Archived 8 months ago from Deadline
In Search Of A Flat Earth – YouTube

How is Richard Nixon’s downfall connected to Hitler and Lucky Charms and explains why Elon Musk started supporting President Donald Trump? Well, Jimmy Kimmel headed down a rabbit hole of conspiracy theories to find out. The Rabbit Hole, a six-part online series fronted by the comedian, was recently …

The Evolution of Terror: 6 Critical Threats 19 Years After 9/11

Conspiracy

September 11, 2020 5g, 9/11, cia, covid19, deep state, mkultra, nazi, pizzagate, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from HSToday
The Evolution of Terror: 6 Critical Threats 19 Years After 9/11

When the planes hit the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and a field in Shanksville, Pa., 19 years ago, it wasn’t the beginning of the war on terror but the advent of a more public-facing chapter in the global terror fight. After all, al-Qaeda left its calling card on the World Trade Center in 1993, …

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