Under the influence: Peddling conspiracy in a pandemic

August 3, 2020 5g, china, deep state, maga, pizzagate, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from The Interpreter
Under the influence: Peddling conspiracy in a pandemic

Celebrity sells – it always has. But in the digital age, the boundaries of celebrity have changed. Once it was the prerogative of movie, sports or music stars to front a fashion label or promote perfume. But nowadays the marketplace is saturated with any number of online lifestyle and wellness …

QAnon

August 2, 2020 chloroquine, deep state, fauci, sidney powell, trump

Archived 6 years ago from The Washington Post
How the Trump campaign came to court QAnon, the online conspiracy movement identified by the FBI as a violent threat

By Isaac Stanley-Becker, Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post QAnon supporters wait for a military flyover at the World War II Memorial during Fourth of July celebrations in Washington. This story was featured in Drop Me The Link, our one-story election newsletter. Sign up to get it in your …

QAnon

July 26, 2020 deep state, pizzagate

Archived 6 years ago from MIT Technology Review
It’s too late to stop QAnon with fact checks and account bans

The traditional understanding of QAnon was that its ideas are spread by a relatively small number of adherents who are extremely good at manipulating social media for maximum visibility. But the pandemic made that more complicated, as QAnon began merging more profoundly with health misinformation …

QAnon

July 24, 2020 adrenochrome, alex jones, deep state, epstein

Archived 6 years ago from Financial Times
Can anyone tame QAnon?

Twitter and TikTok both took action against the internet’s most persistent conspiracy theory this week, but experts suggested it may be too little and too late to halt the phenomenon known as QAnon. Since October 2017, the anonymous individual or group known as “Q” has left 4,600 posts, or “drops”, …

QAnon

July 24, 2020 deep state, marjorie taylor greene, pizzagate

Archived 6 years ago from The New York Times
Twitter Bans QAnon Accounts

OAKLAND, Calif. — Twitter said Tuesday evening that it had removed thousands of accounts that spread messages about the conspiracy theories known as QAnon, saying their messages could lead to harm and violated Twitter policy. Twitter said it would also block trends related to the loose network of …

QAnon

July 22, 2020 adrenochrome, cdc, deep state, fauci, pizzagate, trump

Archived 6 years ago from USA TODAY
Donald Trump refuses to condemn QAnon: Here’s what to know about the far-right conspiracy theory

President Donald Trump on Thursday refused to condemn QAnon, saying he knows “nothing” about the growing, yet baseless, conspiracy theory that falsely alleges the existence of a satanic “deep state” apparatus that supports a child sex trafficking ring. “I know nothing about it,” Trump told town …

QAnon

July 21, 2020 big tech, deep state

Archived 4 years ago from Reuters
Twitter will suspend accounts tweeting about conspiracy theory group QAnon

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read The Twitter logo and binary cyber codes are seen in this illustration taken November 26, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration (Reuters) – Twitter Inc TWTR.N said on Tuesday it would permanently suspend accounts that violate its policies while tweeting about QAnon, a …

Wayfair: The false conspiracy about a furniture firm and child trafficking

QAnon

July 15, 2020 deep state

Archived 6 years ago from BBC News
Wayfair: The false conspiracy about a furniture firm and child trafficking

The claims originated in the QAnon community – many of whom believe in a far-right conspiracy theory that there’s a secret plot by a supposed “deep state” against President Trump and his supporters. *** This archive is incomplete. The original version from BBC News can be found here ***

QAnon

July 15, 2020 deep state, george soros, marjorie taylor greene, pizzagate

Archived 6 years ago from Los Angeles Times
How the QAnon conspiracy theory is making its way to Congress

A fringe theory that President Trump is at war with a global cabal of powerful, Satan-worshiping elites who control the world and run a child sex ring has shifted over the last three years from anonymous message boards to Trump rallies to the 2020 ballot. More than 60 current and former …

Conspiracy

July 14, 2020 deep state

Archived 2 years ago from MIT Technology Review
How to talk to conspiracy theorists—and still be kind

The internet has made it easier than ever before to encounter and spread conspiracy theories. And while some are harmless, others can be deeply damaging, sowing discord and even leading to unnecessary deaths. Now, researchers believe they’ve uncovered a new tool for combating false conspiracy …

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