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Pizzagate is a conspiracy theory regarding a pedophilia ring linked to members of the Democratic Party, and the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in Washington, D.C.
Image copyright Reuters Image caption QAnon influencers have big audiences on social media Facebook has banned all accounts linked to the QAnon conspiracy theory movement from its platforms. “Starting today, we will remove Facebook Pages, Groups and Instagram accounts,” the
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Editorials featured in the Forum section are solely the opinions of their individual authors. In 2016, a devout Christian man drove from North Carolina to a little pizzeria in Washington D.C. named Comet Ping Pong. Armed with an AR-15 assault
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Christy Croft, a sex-trafficking survivor and activist, was scrolling through social media in July when they came across a debunked conspiracy theory claiming that the furniture company Wayfair was selling kidnapped children. At the time, hundreds of thousands of people
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Christy Croft, a sex-trafficking survivor, was scrolling through social media in July when they came across a debunked QAnon conspiracy claiming that the furniture company Wayfair was selling kidnapped children in expensive dresser-like items. At the time, hundreds of thousands of
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In the past few weeks, QAnon—a right-wing conspiracy premised on the idea that Donald Trump is working with military intelligence to bring down a global ring of child-eating pedophiles—has been the object of considerable media speculation. Though the conspiracy has
Read MoreChristy Croft, a sex-trafficking survivor and activist, was scrolling through social media in July when they came across a debunked conspiracy theory claiming that the furniture company Wayfair was selling kidnapped children. At the time, hundreds of thousands of people
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After Citibank IT specialist Jason Gelinas was outed last week as operator of the main QAnon website, reporters went to his house in New Jersey hoping for a statement from him, but all they got was, “QAnon is a patriotic movement to
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been described as a ‘perfect storm’ for the creation and dissemination of disinformation (intentionally misleading), misinformation (unintentionally misleading) and conspiracy theories. The fear and anxiety created by a serious and unexpected health threat, combined with the
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Conspiracy theories have always been a part of the American story. But while believers used to dwell at the fringes of polite society, proponents of some outlandish and deeply harmful theories have increasingly entered the mainstream. Now, QAnon supporters, Sandy
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Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. I first heard about QAnon in 2017, from a New York magazine piece by Paris Martineau. Back then, it was
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