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QAnon and related conspiracy theories like Pizzagate
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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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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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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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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WORLD VIEW 10 November 2020 It is better to stop misinformation taking root than to try to weed it out. Aleksandra Cichocka Aleksandra Cichocka is a political psychologist at the University of Kent in Canterbury, UK, and an affiliate of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. Contact …
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Conspiracy theories have always had a place in American history. The earliest notable instance of widespread conspiracy was the Salem witch trials. The leading and most compelling theory for what happened is ergot, a type of fungus found in grains that produces an LSD-like effect. It is believed …
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Conspiracy theories have made their way into mainstream politics, with QAnon and misinformation about large-scale voter fraud among the most visible. Today we talk about a new study on misinformation and conspiracy theories around the 2020 election. We talk to the co-author behind that study find …
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