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In the days following the presidential election, a familiar strain of denialism and conspiracy thinking began to emerge in the corners of some social media platforms. On the right, familiar conspiracy theories about voting popularized by President-elect Donald Trump continued to circulate. But …
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Dr. Philip McMillan posted a question on LinkedIn: “Suppose autopsies showed vasculitis as the most common pathology in vaccinated deaths. Would we be concerned?” His post was flagged as “hateful speech.” “This censorship isn’t just about me,” he writes. “It’s about preventing the public from …
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Claim: Beyoncé announced a boycott of hosting concerts in red states — those that backed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump — after the 2024 presidential election. A rumor circulating widely online in November 2024 posited that singer-songwriter Beyoncé announced a boycott of hosting concerts in red …
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Although the mystery of the forum poster known as Q has been all but solved – it’s the guys who run 8chan, of course it’s always been the guys who run 8chan – the movement they’ve inspired has kept gathering momentum, forming into its own snowball of idiocy with no input from above. Case in point: …
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Happy Election Day! Surely everything will go smoothly this time, right? Send news tips to: will.oremus@washpost.com. Here’s how Meta, TikTok, YouTube and X are moderating election threats. Four years after the major social media platforms took unprecedented steps to crack down on falsehoods in the …
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3 November 2024ShareSaveMike WendlingShareSaveGetty ImagesRumours, misleading allegations and outright lies about voting and fraud are flooding online spaces in unprecedented numbers in advance of the US election.Hundreds of incidents involving purported voting irregularities are being collected …
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Four years ago, B.C.’s NDP won a decisive majority under the leadership of former attorney general David Eby in a snap election in the early months of the pandemic. In 2024, more than a week after the Oct. 19 election, the NDP would remain in government after recounts in many very tight races with …
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After rolling back its election misinformation policy last year, YouTube allowed right-wing media figures to undermine confidence in the 2024 election results even before any votes were cast, with streamers asserting that “the only way this election can be won from the left is if it’s stolen,” …
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CHICAGO — The president of the Chicago school board resigned Thursday just a week after he was appointed because of social media posts deemed antisemitic, anti-women and lending credence to a conspiracy theory about the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The Rev. Mitchell Johnson’s resignation came at the …
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Former President Donald Trump and popular podcast host Joe Rogan called out Big Tech’s interference in the 2020 presidential election, predicting a new era where young Americans will break free from censorship and leftist “wokeness.” During Friday’s edition of the Joe Rogan Experience, Trump …
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