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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.
The 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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Conspiracy theories that centre on fears about child abuse and removal are being shared in Australia, as part of a broader trend of misinformation related to children. In addition to the gamut of #baking shots, pet pics and lockdown selfies, coronavirus has seen an upswing in the sharing of …
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It isn’t yet light when Alexander Tschugguel and his cameraman sneak into Rome’s Santa Maria in Traspontina Church to steal the statues. A lone elderly parishioner sits in the pews as Tschugguel—a young Austrian convert to Catholicism, so neatly dressed he might work there—quickly genuflects, then …
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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Emilio Ferrara, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism (THE CONVERSATION) Americans who seek political insight and information on Twitter should know how much of what …
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Radical Media and The Atlantic will co-produce a docuseries based on the magazine’s June cover story, “The Prophecies of Q,” which chronicles the dangerous and growing power of QAnon. The magazine’s interactive companion project, “Shadowland,” is also the title of the future docuseries. The first …
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IMAGE: USC scientists analyzed tweets from June 20 to Sept. 9, 2020, and found that right-leaning bots were responsible for 20% of the tweets on certain conspiracy theories, including QAnon, so-called… view more Credit: USC Institute for Information Sciences Bots and conspiracy theorists have …
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