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A mother tells her daughter that she wants her to be straight and “have kids” for Mother’s Day in a viral video. In a TikTok posted on May 13, TikToker @femcel1836 asks her mom what she’s hoping to get as a gift for Mother’s Day. The TikToker wrote that her mom is a part of QAnon in the video’s …
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AbstractWhile a robust literature on the psychology of conspiracy theories has identified dozens of characteristics correlated with conspiracy theory beliefs, much less attention has been paid to understanding the generalized predisposition towards interpreting events and circumstances as the …
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For the past three weeks, thousands of Albertans have been forced to evacuate their homes while firefighters and even Canadian troops battle massive wildfires. But in some corners of the province, there are whispers that the soldiers’ presence has nothing to do with the fires. In a video posted to …
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A woman who suffered severe nerve damage after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination and four others with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 vaccine injuries launched a lawsuit against President Joe Biden and his administration on May 22. Top government officials violated the plaintiffs’ rights to free …
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A fake image purporting to show an explosion near the Pentagon briefly went viral on Twitter on Monday, leaving fact-checkers to scramble to counter the false claim as it was pushed by a variety of verified accounts. The image, which depicts a large plume of smoke next to a rectangular building …
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Data compiled by the ADL Center on Extremism (COE) shows that QAnon-related content has surged on Twitter since Elon Musk’s takeover of the platform last fall. QAnon is a decentralized, far-right political movement rooted in a baseless conspiracy theory that the world is controlled by a cabal of …
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Gen Zers might be the most digitally savvy group on the planet, but that doesn’t make them immune from believing — and spreading — false information online. That’s a big problem for everyone, Google executive Beth Goldberg tells CNBC Make It. “I do think Gen Z’s susceptibility to misinformation is …
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Laura Gene moved across the country in 2015, straight into the arms of ‘crunchy’ community. However, she slowly realized the group had more extreme views than she first thought. As well as home birth and coffee enemas, the group favored Trump, QAnon, and homophobic views. Loading Thanks for signing …
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Don’t take rides from strangers. It’s a simple edict ingrained into kids from a young age. But after a TikTok user posted a video about being offered a late-night ride outside a Chicago bar, an eager comments section and TikTok’s sleuthing machine set off a chain reaction — one that resurfaced one …
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Excerpt Russia’s Frighteningly Fascist Youth A new generation of Russians glorifies war, death, and Vladimir Putin. May 21, 2023, 7:00 AM By Ian Garner, a historian and translator of Russian war propaganda. Children attend an official initiation ceremony for the youth organization Young Pioneers in …
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