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QAnon and related conspiracy theories like Pizzagate
President Trump and the First Lady testing positive for COVID-19 has not slowed the anti-mask movement on Facebook. Despite growing evidence that face masks prevent the spread of the virus, dozens of public and private groups with hundreds, even thousands,
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A new study in The Journal of Personality looked at how individuals’ personality traits affected their inclination for conspiracy theories. Though the link was small, researchers found people who were narcissistic, impulsive, anxious, depressed, or a combination were more susceptible
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Modern societies are awash in conspiracy theories. This year a tidal wave of pseudoscientific and paranoid nonsense about the coronavirus pandemic has swept the world. Some of it has merged with the disturbingly bizarre QAnon fantasy, according to which President
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Like most people, Jess spent a lot of time online during weeks of lockdown earlier this year. But the 36-year-old Australian wasn’t focused so much on playing Animal Crossing or watching Netflix. Instead, she found herself diving ever deeper into
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By Marianna Spring Specialist disinformation reporter, BBC News US President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is running hundreds of Facebook advertisements pushing an unfounded conspiracy theory that Joe Biden cheated during the first US presidential debate. The adverts show the Democratic
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But with over 300 million people living in the United States, how can every single one of us be correct in what we say, do and believe every moment of the day? It’s impossible and overwhelming. Today, it can be
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In the hectic world of social media during an election year, it doesn’t take long to stumble across something that doesn’t seem quite… right. Armed protestors traveling to your area? Positive COVID-19 results coming to the inboxes of people who
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A conspiracy theory that Joe Biden would wear an electronic device in his ear during the first presidential debate went wildly viral Tuesday in the hours before the debate, and the groundless theory was later amplified by conservative news outlets
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Quick Take Social media accounts that boost conspiracy theories make a baseless claim that the Clintons were involved in a recent incident at the home of Brad Parscale, President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager. The police report describes a domestic
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Alongside a strip of candy-colored houses on London’s Portobello Road, a freshly scrawled message blared out from the older graffiti on a garage door: “Take off your mask!” The sentiment echoed that of thousands of unmasked protesters who packed Trafalgar
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