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Look up vaccinations on Facebook, as Representative Adam Schiff did last week, and the results will show a rich supply of anti-vaccination posts, pages, and groups. Such propaganda appears to be flourishing online, drawing the uninitiated into a tangled web of sources through algorithmic …
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Casey Newton’s unprecedented investigation into the contract workers who moderate content on Facebook in America is full with horrifying, dystopian tidbits. Horrifying like: Workers are getting PTSD from repeatedly watching videos of murders in which the victims cry for their mothers as they die. …
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According to the World Health Organisation, in 2018 there was a 30% increase in the number of reported measles cases worldwide. The organisation also recently named “vaccine hesitancy” as one of the top global threats of 2019. This alarming rise has been partially attributed to the anti-vaccination …
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It’s been a big month for conspiracy theories. Last week, Rep. Adam Schiff sent a strongly worded letter to Google and Facebook about the way their platforms recommend anti-vaccination content to parents, potentially putting healthy populations at risk. This week, new reports are taking a deeper …
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The internet makes it possible for the average person to access an incredibly vast amount of knowledge amassed over centuries, as long as they know where to look. Unfortunately, it also makes it very easy for conspiracy nuts to peddle their off-the-wall “truths” along those same information …
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The internet makes it possible for the average person to access an incredibly vast amount of knowledge amassed over centuries, as long as they know where to look. Unfortunately, it also makes it very easy for conspiracy nuts to peddle their off-the-wall “truths” along those same information …
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Researchers believe they have identified the prime driver for a startling rise in the number of people who think the Earth is flat: Google’s video-sharing site, YouTube. Their suspicion was raised when they attended the world’s largest gatherings of Flat Earthers at the movement’s annual conference …
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“Alright guys, sometimes you are wrong in life,” says a popular Flat Earther.To hear conspiracy theorists confessing that they are finally wrong in the face of overwhelming evidence, is a breath of fresh air.In the flat earth theory it would be impossible for the sun to be in the sky for 24 hours …
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Last year, the president’s defender Rudy Giuliani went full Orwell when he declared on national television that “Truth isn’t truth,” and objective facts are “in the eye of the beholder.” Such language epitomizes the era of President Donald Trump, who has told thousands of lies in office as …
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PARIS — France is losing the fight against anti-vaccine campaigners online. On Facebook, a testimonial clip from an anti-vaccine mother has racked up 1.3 million views and thousands of shares. On YouTube, where the video has been taken down, a “pharmacist’s rant” about the dangers of vaccination …
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