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QAnon and related conspiracy theories like Pizzagate
Alex Jones’ defamation trial is underway in Texas. The parents of Jess Lewis, who was 6 years old when he was murdered at Sandy Hook, are seeking damages from Jones for broadcasting lies that the elementary school massacre was a hoax. The parents described how the Infowars founder’s malicious …
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The Republican governor of Maryland condemned his party’s nominee for state attorney general over the weekend for previously promoting a conspiracy theory about the Sept. 11 attacks. The governor criticized the G.O.P.’s direction two weeks after its voters chose far-right candidates for top state …
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Twitter accounts that have promoted QAnon and anti-vaccine conspiracy theories are switching focus and increasingly spreading disinformation about the global food crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a new study. The research by the Network Contagion Research Institute …
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Hogan slams ‘disgusting lies’ about 9/11 by Maryland GOP attorney general nominee | The Hill Skip to content Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) condemned his party’s pick for state attorney general on Sunday, following a CNN report revealing the nominee spread conspiracy theories about the Sept. 11, …
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A question I am often asked by journalists is if more people believe in conspiracy theories now than before. Sometimes, the question is not even asked; the answer is simply inferred. Of course they are. Even I often feel like it must be true. The COVID-19 pandemic has a twin, an infodemic, which …
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At a Turning Point USA summit in Florida on June 23, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene declared, “I’m a Christian, and I say it proudly, we should be Christian nationalists.” Whether she is repeating QAnon conspiracies or spreading misinformation about COVID-19, Greene has made a name for herself by …
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Rockland County in New York is home to a large Orthodox Jewish community. An unvaccinated young Orthodox man was recently diagnosed with the first case of polio in the United States since 2013, according to the New York Department of Health. According to the New York Jewish Week …
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Today, let’s talk about a settled question that Meta has decided to re-open: what should the company do about misinformation related to COVID-19? Since the earliest days of the pandemic, Meta has sought to remove false claims about the disease from Facebook and Instagram. And for just as long, the …
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Former President Donald Trump’s lies about election fraud and enthusiasm for his re-election drove supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a study from the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center. In the most comprehensive study to date of what motivated the Trump …
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Listen 7 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Over the Fourth of July weekend, more than 100 members of the white-supremacist group Patriot Front marched along Boston’s Freedom Trail, wearing uniforms and carrying flags, riot shields and signs reading “Reclaim America.” Just a few weeks …
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