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

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The QAnon Conspiracy Theory: A Security Threat in the Making?
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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 …

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Prospect of a coronavirus vaccine unites anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists and hippie moms in Germany
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Archived 6 years ago from The Washington Post
Prospect of a coronavirus vaccine unites anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists and hippie moms in Germany

By Loveday Morris and William Glucroft, Thomas Kienzle AFP/Getty Images A poster reads “No chance for Gates, No forced vaccination” at a protest in Stuttgart, Germany. Some anti-vaccination conspiracy theories focus on billionaire Bill Gates. STUTTGART, Germany — While much of the world is aching …

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Twitter Blames Algorithm for Slapping COVID-19 Label on 5G Tweets
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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 …

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Bill Gates Conspiracy Theories Have Circulated For Years. It Took The Coronavirus Pandemic To Turn Him Into A Fake Villain.
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Archived 6 years ago from Buzzfeed News
Bill Gates Conspiracy Theories Have Circulated For Years. It Took The Coronavirus Pandemic To Turn Him Into A Fake Villain.

BuzzFeed News; AP Images Editors’ note: This story has been updated to more clearly attribute phrasing from work previously published in Type Investigations, HuffPost, Pacific Standard, and BuzzFeed News. On May 14, Italian politician Sara Cunial uploaded a video to her Facebook profile calling …

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Coronavirus: 5G and microchip conspiracies around the world
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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 …

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Conspiracy theories flourish as coronavirus resurfaces in China
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Archived 6 years ago from Financial Times
Conspiracy theories flourish as coronavirus resurfaces in China

Freemasons, Norwegian salmon and even Bill Gates have been blamed for an upsurge in coronavirus cases in Beijing as nationalistic conspiracy theories are allowed to flourish in Chinese cyber space. Some of the wild speculation has been deleted from the popular social media platform Weibo. But many …

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Opinion: Medical School Taught Me How to Talk to Conspiracy Theorists
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Archived 4 years ago from Undark Magazine
Opinion: Medical School Taught Me How to Talk to Conspiracy Theorists

A few weeks ago, I took an uncomfortable trip down the rabbit hole of Covid-19 conspiracy theory videos. As a newly minted M.D. who will soon be taking care of patients at a safety-net hospital on the frontlines of an ongoing pandemic, I was especially pained by what I saw. There was the infamous …

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The Anti-Vax Movement’s Radical Shift From Crunchy Granola Purists to Far-Right Crusaders
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Archived 6 years ago from Mother Jones
The Anti-Vax Movement’s Radical Shift From Crunchy Granola Purists to Far-Right Crusaders

For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter. When the pandemic hit, many American parents found themselves muddling through homeschooling for the first time—but Elizabeth Beall is an old pro: She’s been teaching her …

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Doctors ask senate candidates to quit anti-vax talk
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Archived 6 years ago from Manchester Ink Link
Doctors ask senate candidates to quit anti-vax talk

Donald Bolduc, left, and Corky Messner. CONCORD, NH – A group of New Hampshire doctors want United States Senate candidates Bryant “Corky” Messner and Donald Bolduc to stop voicing what they say are dangerous theories about vaccines. “You are both highly visible as candidates for the U.S. Senate, …

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