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QAnon and related conspiracy theories like Pizzagate
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
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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
Read MorePresident Donald Trump, his son and top members of his campaign on Wednesday advanced a set of conspiracy theories about the vote-tallying process to claim that Democrats were rigging the final count. Eric Trump tweeted a video, first pushed by
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Topline Since Election Day, President Trump and his supporters have flooded the internet with allegations of widespread voter fraud they insist is being used to “steal” an election currently leaning in Joe Biden’s favor—here are the debunked claims. Dozens of
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If Donald Trump loses his re-election bid, there will be a lot of ruin to sort through. But his most damaging and enduring legacy may well turn out to be the promiscuous use of conspiracy theories that have defined both
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A misleading video clip of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has been spreading on social media without any warning labels since Saturday after having been promoted by members of President Donald Trump’s inner circle. In the 24-second clip from an
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