Twitter proves it’s in bed with Communist China after censoring scientist who alleges COVID-19 was created in a Wuhan lab

September 19, 2020 big tech, china

Archived 6 years ago from Natural News
Twitter proves it’s in bed with Communist China after censoring scientist who alleges COVID-19 was created in a Wuhan lab

Though most U.S. social media platforms are based in our country, there is nothing ‘American’ about them. In fact, they are about as anti-American as they can get. Take Twitter, for instance. The platform’s speech Nazis just censored a Chinese scientist who published a paper alleging that the …

QAnon

September 19, 2020 big tech, deep state, marjorie taylor greene

Archived 6 years ago from Associated Press
Walmart, Amazon among donors to QAnon-promoting lawmaker

Walmart, Amazon and other corporate giants donated money to a Tennessee state lawmaker’s reelection campaign after she used social media to amplify and promote the QAnon conspiracy theory, according to an Associated Press review of campaign finance records and the candidate’s posts. The corporate …

Conspiracy

September 19, 2020 big tech, pizzagate, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from WIRED
Why Teens Are Falling for TikTok Conspiracy Theories

Of all the bits of sleepover gossip ever uttered, this was the most unexpected. “Basically, Hillary Clinton sex traffics children and sacrifices them to Satan or something,” said my friend Beth, straightfaced. “It’s called Pizzagate, or whatever.” It was a Friday night a few weeks ago and even …

Engagement with anti-vaccine Facebook posts trebles in one month

COVID-19

September 18, 2020 antivax, big tech, bill gates, david icke, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from The Guardian
Engagement with anti-vaccine Facebook posts trebles in one month

Engagement with anti-vaccine posts on a sample of UK Facebook pages trebled between July and August, analysis by the Guardian has found, triggering calls for a major new push to tackle conspiracy theories. Interactions on posts expressing scepticism or hostility towards vaccines on six UK Facebook …

‘The Infodemic’: Ireland’s weak far-right hopes to gain from online conspiracies and misinformation

Conspiracy

September 18, 2020 big tech, bill gates, epstein, fluoridation, nazi, pizzagate, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from TheJournal.ie
‘The Infodemic’: Ireland’s weak far-right hopes to gain from online conspiracies and misinformation

Image: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie Image: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie A SMALL BUT animated network of Irish far-right groups is using the pandemic to try to recruit members. Some are attempting to import the language of American conspiracy theory movements to boost their own profiles and mobilise …

Conspiracy

September 18, 2020 alex jones, big tech, nazi, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Kenosha shootings launch conspiracy theories, harassment and threats — continuing a frightening pattern after high-profile events

Gaige Grosskreutz wasn’t even out of the hospital when his phone started blowing up. Shot point blank in the arm with an AR-15, he was the only person to survive a triple shooting at a protest condemning the shooting of Jacob Blake by Kenosha police. Weeks later, the messages haven’t stopped. And …

QAnon

September 18, 2020 big tech

Archived 6 years ago from The New York Times
Facebook Tried to Limit QAnon. It Failed.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Last month, Facebook said it was cracking down on activity tied to QAnon, a vast conspiracy theory that falsely claims that a satanic cabal runs the world, as well as other potentially violent extremist movements. Since then, a militia movement on Facebook that called for armed …

QAnon

September 18, 2020 antivax, big tech, chemtrails, flat earth, pizzagate

Archived 6 years ago from The Guardian
QAnon conspiracy theory gaining ground in UK, analysis shows

A conspiracy theory that Donald Trump is waging a secret war against an elite who engage in ritual child abuse is growing across UK social media, Guardian analysis has found. The QAnon conspiracy theory is propelled by an unlikely coalition of spirituality and wellness groups, vigilante “paedophile …

QAnon

September 18, 2020 big tech, russia, trump

Archived 6 years ago from USA TODAY
Trump, QAnon, Russia: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube brace for a turbulent election and post-election cycle

From Facebook to Twitter to YouTube, social media companies whose platforms were used to amplify falsehoods, conspiracy theories and inflammatory rhetoric in 2016 have been preparing for November’s presidential election for years. Now it’s crunch time. On Thursday, FBI Director Christopher …

Conspiracy

September 17, 2020 big tech

Archived 6 years ago from Insider
People can’t get enough of this ‘hot firefighter’ debunking conspiracy theories on TikTok

A viral TikTok shows a firefighter debunking conspiracy theories about the fires currently ravaging the West Coast. The video has amassed hundreds of thousands of views on TikTok, and millions on Twitter. There are currently over 85 fires affecting areas on the West Coast, and at least 35 people …

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