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Pictured here is a 5G mobile phone mast in Cardiff, United Kingdom. It is not on fire. The same … [+] can’t be said about all such towers as 5G phone masts have been vandalized following claims online that the masts are responsible for COVID-19. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images) Getty Images …
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CNN — As the spread of the coronavirus is proving difficult to contain, so too is the misinformation surrounding it. One of the most recent, baseless conspiracy theories surrounding the virus is that 5G networks – the next generation of wireless technology that’s steadily being rolled out around …
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Anxieties over the growing coronavirus pandemic are making people increasingly susceptible to misinformation, with conspiracy theories linking 5G wireless technology to COVID-19 gaining traction in recent weeks. The conspiracy has been spread by celebrities, including Woody Harrelson and John …
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By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read The imagery on Britain’s new 20 pound bank note, launched by the Bank of England on February 20, has been the subject of various claims on social media suggesting a link between 5G masts and the coronavirus outbreak. Numerous posts claim the purple-coloured polymer notes …
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Like the fruitless search for the coronavirus “patient zero,” we may never know where the conspiracy theory falsely linking 5G communications networks with the COVID-19 pandemic first arose. But a more important question is this: who took a fringe conspiracy theory and promoted it to a global …
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Closer to home, Facebook group Stop5G Australia (with more than 31,700 members) has various posts linking the disease’s spread to 5G technology.Peddling such misinformation is not only wrong, it’s destructive.The Guardian reported that since Thursday at least 20 mobile phone masts across the UK …
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YouTube and other social media platforms are taking steps to limit the spread of conspiracy theories falsely connecting 5G networks and the coronavirus pandemic after a string of attacks on cell phone towers.Mobile operators said Monday that there have been at least five instances of vandals …
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First they blamed GMOs. Then biowarfare. Now a new COVID conspiracy theory is making the rounds, purportedly linking the ongoing global pandemic with the rollout of 5G communications networks. Where did this theory originate, and what is the “evidence” offered by believers? What are the …
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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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