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QAnon and related conspiracy theories like Pizzagate
It was a peaceful Sunday afternoon at the Conscious Life Expo, and in a large, windowless ballroom, Del Bigtree was red-faced and triumphant in front of a captivated crowd. “These people,” he told them, “need to go to prison!” There was a smattering of solemn applause. “For life!” someone in the …
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[embedded content] WASHINGTON–U.S Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor on the upcoming one year anniversary since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Murphy highlighted that calls to end …
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By Harrison Pates 15th February 2023 In Insights Introduction In November 2022, Netflix released their controversial documentary-style series entitled Ancient Apocalypse. It featured the musings of Graham Hancock, a speculative historian, and his attempts to prove the existence of an Atlantean …
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The most common family of conspiracies are known as the ‘Great Reset’, wrote Jack Shenker in 1843 magazine, published last month by The Economist. His article described how its followers believe that global elites are using the Covid-19 pandemic to “engineer a power grab, and that the pandemic is a …
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Flat earth beliefs have been spreading alarmingly in recent years. They offer plenty of fodder for punchlines, yes–but they also have ties to more nefarious conspiracy theories like QAnon and to other manifestations of political extremism. As a reporter at the Daily Beast, Kelly Weill has been …
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Intelbrief / IntelBrief: Disinformation Narratives Related to Sweden and Finland’s NATO Applications February 9, 2023 Johanna Geron/Pool via AP Bottom Line Up Front Throughout Russia’s war on Ukraine, the Kremlin’s disinformation efforts have sought to craft and disseminate false narratives that …
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Researchers used ChatGPT to produce clean, convincing text that repeated conspiracy theories and misleading narratives. Soon after ChatGPT debuted last year, researchers tested what the artificial intelligence chatbot would write after it was asked questions peppered with conspiracy theories and …
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In 2017, thousands of people in Memphis, Tennessee joined the Women’s Marches taking place across the world. Among the numerous placards being carried by protesters, bearing such slogans as ‘Our bodies, our minds, our power’ and ‘Grab ’em by the patriarchy’, one seemed distinctly out of place. …
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America is a conspiracy nation awash with guns. It is an exceptionally deadly combination. The antisemitic QAnon conspiracy theory, for example, has been linked to many incidents of lethal violence, most notably the Jan. 6 coup attempt at the Capitol orchestrated by Donald Trump. The white …
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Comment on this story Comment Gift Article There was one predictable, though certainly not universal, response to the release of footage showing the assault on the husband of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.): that the gruesome snippet of police body-cam video bolstered ongoing, baseless conspiracy …
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