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QAnon and related conspiracy theories like Pizzagate
NewsOpinionColumnists A Scottish group protesting against wearing masks and the use of vaccines is couching its hardline conspiracy theories with moderate messages and familiar slogans. That should concern all of us, writes Martyn McLaughlin Tuesday, 8th September 2020, 4:45 pm Paddy Hogg addresses …
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Conspiracy theories are everywhere — and in the age of social media, they’re hard to escape. But why do they flourish so easily, even when we have so much information at our fingertips? According to Pulling The Thread, a new digital series on WORLD Channel, our brains have a lot to do with it. …
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Twice last month adherents of a widely debunked conspiracy called QAnon rallied in Phoenix and promoted their belief that a shadowy group of Satan-worshiping pedophiles are kidnapping children to harvest their organs, and that this conspiracy was originally run by allies of Hillary Clinton out of a …
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ATLANTA — The recent “Save the Children” march in Woodstock brought hundreds of people together for the stated purpose of raising awareness about the problem of sexual exploitation of children. Some marched with their families, many wore matching T-shirts and carried placards, but one man stood out …
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Last week Patten brokered a compromise deal which gave the Victorian government a six-month extension of its powers to declare the pandemic an ongoing state of emergency. It was a far cry from the permanent 12-month legislative change the government had initially sought. But in the eyes of some, …
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Loading The 60-year-old son of Italian migrants, born and raised in Sydney, is a motivational speaker and a former Australian Army lieutenant. He is starting his own political party called AustraliaOne after two tilts at Parliament running as an independent in the Eden-Monaro byelection and a NSW …
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On Saturday in London, more than 10,000 people gathered – bare-faced and packed perilously close – in Trafalgar Square to protest against what event posters branded the “new normal” under coronavirus: masks, lockdown restrictions, and the spectre of mandatory vaccination and privacy-obliterating …
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Who believes and why, and whether conspiracism is really getting way worseJump To SectionWild and seemingly crazy conspiracy theories can spring from any stressful or disruptive event or phenomenon, as people seek tangible explanations for the invisible or the inexplicable.Belief in ideas such as …
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Protesters gathered in London on Saturday to hear about a range of coronavirus-related conspiracy theories Online and in real-life demonstrations, two viral conspiracy theories are increasingly coming together.At first glance the only thing they appear to …
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But, overwhelmingly, what attendees heard from the speakers was a steady stream of bad information (about coronavirus death rates), groundless speculation (about child abuse and “mandatory” vaccinations) and baseless assertions (about the pandemic being planned by governments or shadowy forces – or …
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