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In January 2021 the influence of the online political conspiracy movement, QAnon, came to the fore with the storming of the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump. But what has fueled the rise and popularity of QAnon? In new research, Daniël de Zeeuw and Alex Gekker examine how QAnon creates …
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An AFP report found Twitter boss Elon Musk has repeatedly used his own account to amplify false claims from some of the most notorious disinformers. When billionaire Elon Musk took over Twitter in October last year, the billionaire promised to make the social media giant the “most accurate source …
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SciCheck Digest Long COVID is a collection of health problems caused by COVID-19 that remain or appear following the initial infection. It is implausible that face masks cause long COVID, contrary to claims made online. Mask use can temporarily cause discomfort, but physiological effects are not …
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In “The Antivax Network,” Chloé Pinheiro and her colleagues from the Ciência Suja (roughly translated as Dirty Science) podcast investigate the emerging Brazilian antivax movement. The main focus of the episode is a group called “Médicos Pela Vida (MPV)” (roughly translated as “Physicians for …
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Via ZeroHedge Today’s long-awaited installment of the ‘Twitter Files’ is brought to us by journalist Paul Thacker, former lead investigator for Sen. Chuck Grassley, via The DisInformation Chronicle (emphasis ours), “A lot of people are spouting out a lot of things about me and Twitter,” Fauci told …
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Ideas53:59Taken In: Exploring Credulity*Originally published on April 20, 2023.The word “credulity” has sting. It’s associated with gullibility: falling prey to lying, fraud, and dubious beliefs. But is it really all the victim’s fault?”It would be a very grim world if we went around not trusting …
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Issued on: 19/04/2023 – 03:26Modified: 19/04/2023 – 03:24 Washington (AFP) – Elon Musk promised to make Twitter the “most accurate source of information about the world,” but he has repeatedly used his own account to amplify false claims from some of the most notorious disinformers on the internet, …
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It is a strange irony that the internet — the byproduct of millennia of scientific and technological progress — has evolved into a wellspring for the dissemination of pseudoscience and unfounded conspiracy theories. The latest example is the proliferation of Titanic conspiracy theorists, who …
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P ae86, 12 hours agothis comment gives “5g has radiations” “vaccines kills people” energy.What I find really funny is that both of those things you said are true. Vaccines have killed people, and 5G by definition is electromagnetic radiation. I mean, what part of RF do you not understand 😂 P …
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Syria≠Ukraine Does a social media photo show the aftermath of Russian bombing of a NATO “secret underground bunker,” possibly in Ukraine? No, that’s not true: The image is a screenshot from a March 2021 video showing the aftermath of explosions at an oil depot that was being used by Turkey-backed …
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