Coronavirus: Social media firms make $1bn a year from anti-vax followers, report says

Coronavirus: Social media firms make bn a year from anti-vax followers, report says

July 7, 2020 alex jones, antivax, big tech, bill gates, nazi

Archived 6 years ago from The Independent
Coronavirus: Social media firms make $1bn a year from anti-vax followers, report says

Social media platforms are making up to $1bn a year from people following anti-vaccine misinformation that could cause “tens of thousands” of coronavirus deaths, researchers say. The Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) said the number of people viewing pages and posts claiming that a Covid-19 …

QAnon

July 4, 2020 alex jones, big tech, bill gates, china, cia, deep state, maga, marjorie taylor greene, nazi, paul furber, pizzagate, sidney powell

Archived 2 years ago from Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
The QAnon Conspiracy Theory: A Security Threat in the Making?

Abstract: The QAnon conspiracy theory, which emerged in 2017, has quickly risen to prominence in the United States. A survey of cases of individuals who have allegedly or apparently been radicalized to criminal acts with a nexus to violence by QAnon, including one case that saw a guilty plea on a …

Conspiracy

July 2, 2020 5g, antivax, big tech

Archived 5 years ago from The Guardian
What’s wrong with WhatsApp | WhatsApp

In the spring, as the virus swept across the world and billions of people were compelled to stay at home, the popularity of one social media app rose more sharply than any other. By late March, usage of WhatsApp around the world had grown by 40%. In Spain, where the lockdown was particularly …

June 29, 2020 big tech, bill gates, covid19, plandemic video

Archived 2 years ago from Business Insider
Twitter Blames Algorithm for Slapping COVID-19 Label on 5G Tweets

Tech Twitter has apologized for slapping a COVID-19 label on tweets about 5G, but experts say the platform’s algorithm could be encouraging the spread of conspiracy theories Paige Leskin 2020-06-29T20:16:46Z Share icon Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy Link lighning bolt icon Impact Link Save …

June 28, 2020 big tech

Archived 5 years ago from The Verge
Twitter promises to fine-tune its 5G coronavirus labeling after unrelated tweets were flagged

Twitter says it’s working on improving how it labels tweets with problematic 5G or coronavirus content, after users reported their tweets were being mislabeled with a COVID-19 fact-check. “In the last few weeks, you may have seen Tweets with labels linking to additional info about COVID-19,” …

June 25, 2020 antivax, big tech, bill gates

Archived 2 years ago from BBC News
Coronavirus: 5G and microchip conspiracies around the world

Gaston BritoSome of the most persistent conspiracy theories surrounding the coronavirus pandemic have continued to spread around the world.We’ve picked out some of the most pervasive false claims and look at how far they’ve travelled.5G to Bolivia and beyond But this hasn’t stopped these rumours …

QAnon

June 25, 2020 antivax, big tech, cia, deep state, epstein, marjorie taylor greene, pizzagate

Archived 6 years ago from The Guardian
Down the rabbit hole: how QAnon conspiracies thrive on Facebook

In early May, QAnon braced for a purge. Facebook had removed a small subset – five pages, six groups and 20 profiles – of the community on the social network, and as word of the bans spread, followers of Q began preparing for a broader sweep. Some groups changed their names, substituting “17” for …

Coronavirus: Social media ‘spreading virus conspiracy theories’

COVID-19

June 18, 2020 5g, big tech

Archived 6 years ago from BBC News
Coronavirus: Social media ‘spreading virus conspiracy theories’

People were asked if they believed a number of conspiracy theories relating to Covid-19: that the virus was made in a laboratory, that death and infection figures were being manipulated by the authorities, that symptoms were linked to 5G radiation or that there was no hard evidence the virus even …

Coronavirus: Social media users more likely to believe conspiracies

COVID-19

June 16, 2020 5g, big tech

Archived 2 years ago from BBC News
Coronavirus: Social media users more likely to believe conspiracies

17 June 2020Rory Cellan-JonesGetty ImagesFrom the idea that the coronavirus was created in a lab to the belief that it is all part of a plan to bring in compulsory vaccinations, conspiracy theories have been plentiful in recent months.Now, research indicates that people who get their news from …

Conspiracy

June 11, 2020 5g, alex jones, antivax, big tech, bill gates, china, covid19, deep state, george soros, pizzagate, plandemic video, qanon

Archived 3 years ago from The Conversation
Four experts investigate how the 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory began

In times of crisis conspiracy theories can spread as fast as a virus. As the coronavirus pandemic tightened its grip on a world which struggled to comprehend the enormity of the situation it was facing, darker forces were concocting their own narratives. Scientists and researchers were working – …

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