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The Deep State
Social media companies Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc have announced crackdowns on content linked with the unfounded and sprawling conspiracy theory QAnon. What is QAnon? QAnon followers espouse an intertwined series of beliefs, based on anonymous web postings from “Q,” who claims to have insider …
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Image copyright FACEBOOK/LOUISEHAMPTON83 Image caption Ms Hampton said in the video her service “was dead” during the pandemic A worker at a major NHS provider is under investigation by her employer for posting a video on social media in which she appeared to suggest the Covid-19 pandemic didn’t …
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As I’ve watched the Republican National Convention, all I could think was: Where is Q? And which of the people on my television screen is a Patriot? Q, for those who aren’t watching the political fringes, is the man, woman or perhaps group of people whose cryptic internet messages helped create the …
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QAnon is a far-ranging conspiracy theory that alleges, among other things, that a patriotic Trump supporter (or supporters) embedded in the highest levels of the U.S. government has been using internet forums to send coded messages to the American public about a secret plan to arrest and/or execute …
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QAnon has gone mainstream. This fringe group’s theory that there’s a deep state dedicated to child trafficking, cannibalism and anti-Trumpism is no longer under the radar. Some point to the successful Georgia primary win of QAnon backer, Marjorie Greene, as proof. Others point to President Trump …
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QAnon, a debunked, right-wing conspiracy theory once on the political fringes, has seeped into the political landscape and into this week’s Republican National Convention. The same day a bipartisan pair of lawmakers introduced legislation condemning the conspiracy theory, a speaker was removed …
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As I’ve watched the Republican National Convention these last two nights, all I could think was: Where is Q? And which of the people on my television screen is a Patriot? Q, for those who don’t follow the political fringe, is the man, woman or perhaps group of people whose cryptic internet messages …
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Rob Chase is described, even by Democrats, as an affable guy. But his flirtation with a variety of conspiracies has raised more pointed concerns. Daniel Walters photo As Spokane Valley Rep. Matt Shea leaves the Washington Legislature, the 4th District is losing a Republican conspiracy theorist who …
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To Donald Trump, it’s “people who love our country”. To the FBI, it’s a potential domestic terror threat. And to you or anyone else who has logged on to Facebook in recent months, it may just be a friend or family member who has started to show an alarming interest in child trafficking, the …
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Comment on this story Comment Gift Article During the school year, I publish lessons from the nonprofit News Literacy Project, which aims to teach students how to distinguish fact from fiction in the age of digital communication and a president who routinely denounces real news as “fake.” The …
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