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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.

QAnon, the decentralized far-right conspiracy network, makes it into the mainstream
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Archived 6 years ago from CMU The Tartan Online
QAnon, the decentralized far-right conspiracy network, makes it into the mainstream

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 rifle, he arrived for the sole purpose of stopping a sex …

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Sex-trafficking survivors say QAnon conspiracy theories cause damage
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Archived 6 years ago from Insider
Sex-trafficking survivors say QAnon conspiracy theories cause damage

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 on social media were …

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Sex trafficking survivors say ‘infuriating’ QAnon conspiracy theories are silencing their voices
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Archived 6 years ago from Insider
Sex trafficking survivors say ‘infuriating’ QAnon conspiracy theories are silencing their voices

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 people on social …

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QAnon shows that the age of alternative facts will not end with Trump
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Archived 6 years ago from Columbia Journalism Review
QAnon shows that the age of alternative facts will not end with Trump

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 been around for years, QAnon has …

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Sex-trafficking survivors say QAnon’s anti-trafficking crusade is hurting more than it’s helping
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Archived 6 years ago from Insider
Sex-trafficking survivors say QAnon’s anti-trafficking crusade is hurting more than it’s helping

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 on social media were …

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GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: QAnon: Gullible Victims?
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Archived 6 years ago from Lost Coast Outpost
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: QAnon: Gullible Victims?

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 save the country.” Such a disappointment. Wouldn’t it have been …

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COVID-19 conspiracy theories and misinformation
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Archived 6 years ago from Croakey
COVID-19 conspiracy theories and misinformation

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 …

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Archived 6 years ago from LocalNews8.comHow the pandemic and politics gave us a golden age of conspiracy theories
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Archived 6 years ago from LocalNews8.com
How the pandemic and politics gave us a golden age of conspiracy theories

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 Hook truthers, birthers, …

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Following Falsehoods: A Reporter’s Approach on QAnon
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Archived 6 years ago from The New York Times
Following Falsehoods: A Reporter’s Approach on QAnon

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 not the sprawling, well-developed conspiracy theory it is today. …

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Facebook and Twitter missed QAnon warnings for years
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Archived 4 years ago from The Washington Post
Facebook and Twitter missed QAnon warnings for years

Comment on this story Comment Gift Article When an article on Facebook detailed a QAnon conspiracy theory about a “16-Year Plan to Destroy America,” commenters demanded death for those supposedly involved, including former president Barack Obama, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and other …

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