The Dangerous Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories Targeting 5G Technology, Bill Gates, and a World of Fear

April 24, 2020 5g, antivax, bill gates, china

Archived 6 years ago from The New Yorker
The Dangerous Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories Targeting 5G Technology, Bill Gates, and a World of Fear

Over Easter weekend, arsonists set more than twenty 5G cellular towers in the United Kingdom on fire—forming a pattern of bunny-eared infernos that points to one of the many conspiracy theories surrounding the spread of the novel coronavirus. The basic idea is that 5G, a new generation of wireless …

April 24, 2020 bill gates

Archived 5 years ago from The Guardian
Revealed: ‘former Vodafone executive’ in 5G conspiracy video is UK pastor

A recording spread around the world at the end of March, purportedly featuring a former Vodafone executive claiming to let the public in on a secret that the coronavirus pandemic is cover for a global plot to install 5G mobile phone masts, track the world’s population through vaccines, and then …

COVID-19

April 22, 2020 antivax, bill gates, cdc

Archived 3 years ago from Snopes Fact Checks
Is Bill Gates Using COVID-19 To Build Global Surveillance State?

Claim: Bill Gates — along with a coalition dubbed “ID 2020” — seeks to “microchip” the world population using a COVID-19 vaccine. Snopes is still fighting an “infodemic” of rumors and misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, and you can help. Find out what we’ve learned and how to …

COVID-19

April 21, 2020 5g, antivax, bill gates, chloroquine

Archived 2 years ago from Frontiers
Ofcom: Covid-19 5G theories are ‘most common’ misinformation – BBC.com

Introduction The emergence of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in December of 2019 has quickly led to a global pandemic claiming hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide already (Roser et al., 2020). In the absence of an effective treatment or vaccine, researchers have pointed out that managing …

COVID: Top 10 current conspiracy theories

COVID-19

April 20, 2020 alex jones, annie bukacek, antivax, bill gates, china, david icke, deep state, fauci

Archived 6 years ago from Alliance for Science
COVID: Top 10 current conspiracy theories

As the COVID-19 crisis worsens, the world also faces a global misinformation pandemic. Conspiracy theories that behave like viruses themselves are spreading just as rapidly online as SARS-CoV-2 does offline. Here are the top 10 conspiracy theories making the rounds. Blaming 5G This conspiracy …

Two idiotic coronavirus conspiracies are spreading with the virus

COVID-19

April 20, 2020 5g, alex jones, bill gates

Archived 6 years ago from Assiniboia Times
Two idiotic coronavirus conspiracies are spreading with the virus

I’ve always been fascinated with conspiracy theories – they’re entertaining. Sometimes, you see these zany ideas printed on pages taped to lampposts in cities. Other times, conspiracies are broadcasted on YouTube by showmen like Alex Jones, who became barred from most social medium platforms in …

Conspiracy

April 17, 2020 5g, bill gates, deep state, qanon

Archived 1 year ago from WLS-TV
Hospitals, Bill Gates targets of coronavirus-fueled conspiracy theories

The video lasts just 13 seconds and shows nothing more than the view from a car quietly driving past a hospital entrance. But the person who posted it on Twitter used the footage to sarcastically question reports of “apocalyptic conditions” at Mount Sinai Queens in New York City.That video and …

Bill Gates is the top target for coronavirus conspiracy theories

COVID-19

April 17, 2020 5g, bill gates, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from CNBC
Bill Gates is the top target for coronavirus conspiracy theories

Bill Gates has been one of the most outspoken public figures about the coronavirus pandemic. But the billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder has also become a leading target of various conspiracies that have popped up around the spread of Covid-19. Conspiracy theories falsely linking …

Virus-fueled conspiracy theories take aim at hospitals

COVID-19

April 17, 2020 5g, big tech, bill gates, deep state, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from Associated Press
Virus-fueled conspiracy theories take aim at hospitals

April 16, 2020 antivax, bill gates, covid19, deep state, qanon, russia

Archived 6 years ago from Financial Times
How a 5G coronavirus conspiracy spread across Europe | Free to read

At about 9.30pm on Easter Monday, in the small Dutch town of Almere near Amsterdam, the fire brigade was called to put out a blaze at a large telecoms mast — the second fire of its kind that night in the area. Though neither of the Almere towers were equipped with any of the latest 5G telecoms …

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