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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.
Conspiracy theories about powerful elites who rule through secrecy have long been a staple of fringe literature and paranoid fantasies. From the Freemasons and the Illuminati of the 18th century to the Rothschilds and other Jewish financiers referred to in works like “The Protocols of the Elders of …
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An unsettling trend has emerged on Etsy, where portraits of young girls are being listed for as much as $50,000, a price that has set off alarm bells among social media users and in conspiracy theory circles.The artworks, posted by a seller under the name MICHELANJELO, have drawn attention for …
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Right-wing extremism has played a key role in spreading conspiracy theories targeting marginalized individuals and groups, unnecessarily blaming them for a variety of societal problems. In the last year, some of the claims that started on the media fringes of the far right have crept into the …
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In each edition of web_crawlr we have exclusive original content every day. On Mondays our Tech Reporter Mikael Thalen debunks the most wild conspiracy theories swirling around the web in his “One Dumb Conspiracy” column. If you want to read columns like this before everyone else, subscribe to …
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The claim: Etsy is trafficking children, proving ‘pizzagate’ conspiracy is realA Dec. 13 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) includes screenshots of Etsy listings that show images of winking children holding pizza. The listings seek thousands of dollars for digital downloads with titles such …
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A number of listings on Etsy featuring high price tags for photos featuring children have sparked a conspiracy theory that human traffickers have been using the e-commerce platform to facilitate their crimes.On Tuesday, photos were shared on X, formerly Twitter, showing images of children smiling …
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Far-right online figures are spreading a conspiracy theory claiming the e-commerce platform Etsy is hosting a child trafficking market — reminiscent of the baseless claim that targeted the online furniture and home goods retailer Wayfair in 2020. Some far-right figures are even calling Etsy “the …
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In the recent chronicles of Elon Musk’s bizarre behavior, his tweets reviving the #Pizzagate conspiracy theory have been overshadowed by his endorsement of an antisemitic post, and the billionaire’s subsequent call for corporations that have pulled advertising from the X platform to “go fuck …
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Happy Monday and welcome to another week of MAGA Mike Johnson marching in lockstep with Donald Trump by using the People’s House as a personal stage for Trump’s campaign sequel. New reporting uncovered that Johnson wrote the foreword for a 2022 book that promoted several debunked conspiracy …
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Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) endorsed a 2022 book that pushed debunked conspiracy theories and used homophobic slurs, going so far as to pen its foreword, CNN reports. Far-right blogger Scott McKay’s book, The Revivalist Manifesto, backs “Pizzagate,” a viral conspiracy theory during the 2016 …
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