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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.
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Eleanor’s dad loved science — or so she thought. Eleanor grew up listening to stories of the Apollo missions and audio clips from space expeditions. Every weekend, the two of them hopped on a train to downtown Philadelphia to visit the Franklin Institute, where they would explore the planetarium, …
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By Emily Rauhala and Loveday Morris, Carlos Barria Reuters A supporter of President Trump holds a cardboard sign with a reference to QAnon during a Trump rally at Rochester International Airport in Rochester, Minn., on Oct. 30, 2020. President Trump’s electoral defeat has shaken American followers …
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Former Vice President Joe Biden was named the winner of the 2020 election on Saturday, but President Trump is still refusing to accept those results. The president’s refusal to acknowledge defeat reinforces widespread denial from his supporters and has caused some to question the legitimacy of one …
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As with many others in Britain, lockdown hit Rachel and her husband, Philip, hard. Almost overnight, the couple, both in their early 50s, found themselves cut off from friends, family and colleagues. Before the Covid-19 outbreak, they had both been working every day; now Philip found himself …
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By Laurence Arnold | Bloomberg, Supporters of the U.S. conspiracy theory known as QAnon have been a feature on the fringes of American politics since late 2017. The internet-fueled movement has crept closer to the mainstream, with some believers winning election to Congress. The coming end of …
Read MoreThe baseless QAnon conspiracy theory is centered on the idea that President Donald Trump is our savior from a deep-state cabal of human traffickers. Now that Trump has lost his bid for re-election, the community that’s grown around the conspiracy theory is at a critical juncture. While some …
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By: Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: November 5, 2020 9:52:29 am Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican businesswoman who has courted controversy for publicly endorsing the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory and repeatedly expressing racist views, won a US House seat representing Northwest …
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Election2020 This article is part of Election 2020: America Votes, FP’s round-the-clock coverage of the U.S. election results as they come in, with short dispatches from correspondents and analysts around the world. The America Votes page is free for all readers. U.S. President Donald Trump’s loyal …
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How should tech firms combat conspiracy theories and remove dangerously misleading content. It has proven to be a daunting challenge during the 2020 election. A team of researchers at Google’s Jigsaw worked last year with ethnographers at the consulting company ReD to take on that question after a …
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During the 2016 US election campaign, a conspiracy theory known as #Pizzagate went viral on rightwing websites. The theory, which claimed that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was involved in a child sex ring run from a Washington pizza restaurant, seemed laughable. Until a …
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