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On the evening of Feb. 6, as U.S. news networks reported the death of a doctor in Wuhan, China, who had warned of a deadly new virus, thousands of Americans were tuning in to a different kind of show. “The good news is I heard actually that you can’t get this if you’re white,” Nick Fuentes, a …
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In the span of President Donald Trump‘s term in office, the far-right fringe culture known as QAnon has made its way from cryptic posts on 4chan message boards to the White House press briefing room — where on Wednesday the president of the United States made his most extensive comments to date in …
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This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. Just describing QAnon — a sprawling, false theory that there is a “deep state” of child-molesting Satanists in charge of powerful institutions — makes me confused. But we can’t ignore QAnon, even if we find …
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If you’re spending a lot of time online these days — and thanks to the pandemic, many of us are — you’ve probably heard of QAnon, the sprawling internet conspiracy theory that has taken hold among some of President Trump’s supporters.But unless you’re very online, you likely still have questions …
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One of the more hopeful developments at tech platforms this year has been their investment in removing misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter were all relatively quick to acknowledge the threat that COVID hoaxes represent, and have worked to purge it from …
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INDIANAPOLIS — If you’ve spent any time online since March, chances are you’ve come across — or possibly shared — conspiracy theories about COVID-19. Some are tamer than others, but many have gained traction and spread through social media. Some examples of the current and most rampant conspiracies …
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Children’s Health Defense, a group founded by anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is suing Facebook and its fact-checking partners for rejecting ads and labeling debunked claims about vaccines and 5G networks. The complaint against Facebook, its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and the fact-checking …
Read MoreAn anti-vaccination group is suing Facebook for applying fact-check labels to posts that contain misinformation or falsehoods about vaccines. Children’s Health Defense — the anti-vaxxer group lead by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — accuses Facebook of violating the First Amendment, a law that doesn’t apply …
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WASHINGTON – Until recently, the fringe conspiracy theory known as QAnon was largely an American phenomenon — a belief that U.S. President Donald Trump is secretly battling a “deep state” cabal of pedophiles that control the world. The far-right theory has gained adherents throughout the United …
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In February, five months before she became known as “QAnon Karen,” there was no one more terrified of the coming pandemic than Melissa Rein Lively. “I bought the N-95 masks. I bought the hazmat suit,” she said. “In my mind, a zombie movie was imminent.” At the time, Rein Lively said her career was …
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