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QAnon and related conspiracy theories like Pizzagate
When the BBC journalist Nick Watt was harassed and threatened by anti-lockdown activists as he made his way through the Westminster last week, the footage was shocking. Who were these spittle-flecked furies menacing Newsnight’s political editor? Though a large majority of Britons continue to …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A new federal intelligence report warns that adherents of QAnon, the conspiracy theory embraced by some in the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol, could target Democrats and other political opponents for more violence as the movement’s false prophecies increasingly fail to come …
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Following the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, social media companies came under intense scrutiny for their role in incubating the mob attack. The CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter were hauled before Congress to testify, and congressional critics of the company cited the assault as the …
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U.S. Capitol attack suspect Doug Jensen of Des Moines is asking the courts to release him on bond pending trial, five months after he was arrested. Jensen, who was widely photographed confronting and chasing police officers inside the Capitol during the Jan. 6 event, was ordered held in detention …
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A few hours after Michael Flynn, the retired three-star general and former national-security adviser and convicted felon, told a group of QAnon conspiracists who met in Dallas over Memorial Day weekend that the Biden Administration should be overthrown by force, Democratic legislators in the Texas …
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Former President Donald Trump has been speaking publicly about running to reclaim the White House in 2024, but he’s also reportedly expecting to make a comeback before then. “Trump has been telling a number of people he’s in contact with that he expects he will get reinstated by August,” Maggie …
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Unraveling viral disinformation and explaining where it came from, the harm it’s causing, and what we should do about it. Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. A known grifter and QAnon supporter who claims she can time-travel has amassed an army of thousands of loyal …
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Paris – “It’s not a virus, it’s a tool to use power,” says Monique Lustig in the Netherlands, while in Germany, Hellmuth Mendel argues that “Covid is a story invented by an international financial mafia.” “And what if this was all just a film?” asks Christophe Charret in France. From The Hague to …
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AI chatbots could be effective in eroding people’s beliefs in conspiracy theories, suggests a new study that used ChatGPT to counter them with fact-checked information.The conventional understanding of why people believe in conspiracy theories holds that once someone goes down the rabbit hole—be it …
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For two years, Jitarth Jadeja spent most of his time in the darkest corners of the web reading about conspiracy theories. Mr Jadeja, 33, was an avid follower of QAnon — a baseless, far-right theory that started by alleging then-US president Donald Trump was fighting against a secret group of …
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