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The Deep State
By Toluse Olorunnipa and Isaac Stanley-Becker, President Trump has increasingly embraced, amplified or equivocated about a number of conspiracy theories in recent weeks, adding to the sense of chaos and uncertainty caused by a pandemic and social unrest. From the baseless QAnon movement to a racist …
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By Olga Robinson, Alistair Coleman and Flora Carmichael BBC Monitoring Facebook has removed or restricted thousands of groups and accounts sharing and promoting the QAnon conspiracy theory. It is part of a new policy that aims to limit the risks to public safety posed by QAnon, “offline anarchist …
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In the span of President Donald Trump‘s term in office, the far-right fringe culture known as QAnon has made its way from cryptic posts on 4chan message boards to the White House press briefing room — where on Wednesday the president of the United States made his most extensive comments to date in …
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DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross, who’s off this week. Crowds at rallies for President Trump, when they happen, always include some people wearing T-shirts or holding placards featuring the letter Q. They’re adherents of QAnon, a conspiracy theory that holds …
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This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. Just describing QAnon — a sprawling, false theory that there is a “deep state” of child-molesting Satanists in charge of powerful institutions — makes me confused. But we can’t ignore QAnon, even if we find …
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If you’re spending a lot of time online these days — and thanks to the pandemic, many of us are — you’ve probably heard of QAnon, the sprawling internet conspiracy theory that has taken hold among some of President Trump’s supporters.But unless you’re very online, you likely still have questions …
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WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday offered encouragement to proponents of QAnon, a viral conspiracy theory that has gained a widespread following among people who believe the president is secretly battling a criminal band of sex traffickers, and suggested that its proponents were patriots …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised the supporters of QAnon, a convoluted, pro-Trump conspiracy theory, and suggested he appreciates their support of his candidacy. Speaking during a press conference at the White House, Trump courted the support of those who put stock in …
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INDIANAPOLIS — If you’ve spent any time online since March, chances are you’ve come across — or possibly shared — conspiracy theories about COVID-19. Some are tamer than others, but many have gained traction and spread through social media. Some examples of the current and most rampant conspiracies …
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New research suggests that, contrary to received wisdom, people with little sense of control over their lives aren’t any more susceptible than others to conspiracy theories. While conspiracy theories have been around since the Middle Ages and its blood libels, in the past couple of decades they’ve …
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