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QAnon and related conspiracy theories like Pizzagate
By Loveday Morris and Luisa Beck, Filip Singer EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Demonstrators face riot police during a protest of coronavirus restrictions in Leipzig, Germany, on Nov. 7. BERLIN — Around 9:30 on a quiet Sunday morning late last month, a crudely made explosive device went off with a small bang …
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Conspiracy theories about Covid-19 vaccines play an “outsized role” on social media, driven in part by a lack of reliable information which could threaten their efficacy, an NGO specialising in misinformation warned Thursday. “When people can’t easily access reliable information around vaccines and …
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For Trump supporters intent on finding it, proof of the president’s claims that the 2020 election was “stolen” is everywhere. For some, it’s in the videos: the one in which a Colorado man claiming to be a poll worker, dressed in a yellow vest, rips up Trump ballots (it was a TikTok prank) or the …
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They call him Marshal Tweeto. Janez Jansa, the right-wing prime minister of Slovenia, used Twitter to declare Donald J. Trump the winner of the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 4, saying, “It’s pretty clear that American people have elected @realDonaldTrump @Mike_Pence for #4moreyears.” Alas, …
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Conspiracy theorists are easy to laugh at, right? Well, yeah, until it’s your loved one spewing out those convoluted and plainly BS beliefs at the family dinner. This is exactly what happened to Kasey when her mum disappeared down some deep QAnon rabbit holes. It’s been devastating for her family. …
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Ideasroom Nicholas Agar explains why there can be terrible consequences in not responding promptly and emphatically to dangerous belief “PUBLIC NOTICE: COVID-19 IS A FRAUD.” So began a flyer placed in a number of letterboxes in Brooklyn, Wellington, on the morning of November 6. The flyer …
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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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Like many people living in or around Totnes in Devon, David, who is in his 70s, has his own theories about coronavirus and its origins. Sitting in the armchair of his house, he says the pandemic is a secret plot to impose a totalitarian world government and a nefarious effort to crush freedom. He …
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Like many people living in or around Totnes in Devon, David, who is in his 70s, has his own theories about coronavirus and its origins. Sitting in the armchair of his house, he says the pandemic is a secret plot to impose a totalitarian world government and a nefarious effort to crush freedom. He …
Read MoreYouTuber Veronica Wang, known for her Mukbang eating videos, called Democrats “demons” and baselessly accused the political party of pedophilia and child trafficking. Wang, who has 1.73 million YouTube subscribers and nearly 200,000 Instagram followers, spread theories associated with QAnon, the …
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