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Citigroup terminated a manager in its technology department following an investigation into his role as the operator of the most prominent website dedicated to the QAnon conspiracy theory. Jason Gelinas had been placed on paid leave after he was identified on Sept. 10 by the fact-checking site …
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When news of U.S. President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis broke just after midnight on Friday, QAnon followers reacted with glee—not because the president, who they idolize, was sick, but because the news must mean that “the storm,” the great revelation where Trump would arrest his enemies for …
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By Barbara Ortutay | Associated PressOAKLAND — Facebook said it will ban groups that openly support QAnon, the baseless conspiracy theory that paints President Donald Trump as a secret warrior against a supposed child-trafficking ring run by celebrities and “deep state” government officials. The …
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Within minutes of President Trump announcing that he and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, the interwebs were awash in speculation and conspiracy theories. Is Trump faking it so that he can pretend to have recovered and thus prove the virus isn’t dangerous? Or maybe he’s …
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ITHACA, N.Y. — A Cornell University study published Last week shows that President Donald Trump was the leading purveyor of misinformation during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The study analyzed 38 million articles published by traditional English-language news media from all over the world …
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The eternal caveat about polling data applies here: This was just one survey, with an overall margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 percent, and the QAnon supporter sample was only about 350 people. But the results should be stark enough to cause policymakers and journalists to reconsider how they …
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As readers know, I do not think that the Covid virus itself is a hoax. From the beginning I have taken the virus seriously. I reported the available information that the ability of the virus to spread threatened hospital capacity and could overwhelm the medical system. I supported limited …
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Misinformation related to President Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis has swarmed social media and the broader web since Friday, with claims that Trump is faking his illness gaining particular traction, according to data provided to Axios by social intelligence firm Zignal Labs. Why it matters: Moments of …
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QAnon followers were speculating on Tuesday night that Facebook’s new ban on all QAnon groups and pages was part of a complex plan by the Trump administration to root out the “deep state” and arrest their enemies. Or the social media company was trying to squelch the impending news that President …
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QAnon conspiracy theories have found believers in dozens of countries around the world during the coronavirus pandemic. HONG KONG: Powered by fear, anger and big tech’s algorithms, the QAnon conspiracy movement has exploded from the US political fringe into the global mainstream during the …
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