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7 April 2020Leo KelionTechnology desk editorYouTubeYouTube has banned all conspiracy theory videos falsely linking coronavirus symptoms to 5G networks.The Google-owned service will now delete videos violating the policy. It had previously limited itself to reducing the frequency it recommended them …
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Getty Images / WIRED It started with one doctor. On January 22, Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws published an interview with Kris Van Kerckhoven, a general practitioner from Putte, near Antwerp. “5G is life-threatening, and no one knows it”, read the headline. One scientifically-baseless claim …
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With numerous countries around the world now on lockdown, the worldwide impact has been huge and it has naturally inspired many conspiracy theorists to try and explain how the virus has left the world in such a mess. Several outlandish tales have already emerged in response, from claims that …
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YouTube A screenshot from the second most-shared anti-5G video on YouTube. The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, become a member and sign up for our newsletter, Outbreak Today. New Agers, …
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As Facebook pledges to tackle urgent and potentially dangerous forms of misinformation about the coronavirus, conspiracy theorists on the platform have gone into overdrive. Yesterday, a Facebook video rapidly spread through COVID-19-related community WhatsApp groups in London. “We know that …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. As the coronavirus swept across the globe, so did rumors about what caused it and how it’s spread. One that’s persisted online is that 5G networks caused the disease. A new one involves …
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Picture showing a computer screen displaying the Twitter account of Alex Jones. Jones, who has been… [+] called a Far-right conspiracy theorist, said his Twitter account had been suspended for a week, the latest online platform to take action against the activist. Twitter suspended the personal …
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Claim: Bill Gates has openly admitted that vaccinations are designed so that governments can depopulate the world. On 21 January 2016, dubious news and conspiracy theory site Your News Wire (now NewsPunch) published an article with the headline “Bill Gates Admits ‘Vaccines Are Best Way to …
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Seventy-six of 77 atmospheric scientists responding to a survey agree these are contrails – composed primarily of water in the form of ice crystals – not “chemtrails.” Have you heard there’s a large-scale secret plan to spray chemicals into Earth’s atmosphere and that the resulting streaks across …
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AbstractGiven the profound societal impact of conspiracy theories, probing the psychological factors associated with their spread is paramount. Most research lacks large-scale behavioral outcomes, leaving factors related to actual online support for conspiracy theories uncertain. We bridge this gap …
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