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QAnon and related conspiracy theories like Pizzagate
Researchers are concerned that Instagram’s new “suggested posts” feature is contributing to the spread of misinformation. Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images Researchers are concerned that Instagram’s new “suggested posts” feature is …
Read MoreResearchers are concerned that Instagram’s new “suggested posts” feature is contributing to the spread of misinformation. Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images Researchers are concerned that Instagram’s new “suggested posts” feature is …
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Posted on March 2, 2021We are collaborating with FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, in an effort to identify misinformation and to ensure news consumers get the facts. This story first appeared on FactCheck.org.A baseless conspiracy …
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The congregation was in the middle of an online service when a longtime churchgoer in her 60s texted her pastor to complain that his prayer lamenting the riot at the U.S. Capitol in January was “too political.” The woman later unloaded a barrage of conspiracy theories. The election of Joe Biden was …
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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The fencing that surrounded the United States Capitol after the January 6 attack is still in place today. And that matters because security in Washington is especially tight. This day, March 4, holds significance for some people duped by right-wing conspiracy theories. And the …
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WASHINGTON — The Capitol Police force is preparing for another assault on the Capitol building on Thursday after obtaining intelligence of a potential plot by a militia group, just two months after a mob of Trump loyalists and extremists attacked the building, leaving five dead and hundreds …
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By Simon Ings The symbol of the QAnon far-right conspiracy theory Pacific Press/Lightrocket via Getty Images You Are Here Whitney Phillips and Ryan M. Milner Advertisement MIT Press THIS is a book about pollution, not of the physical environment, but of our civic discourse. It concerns …
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The congregation was in the middle of an online service when a longtime churchgoer in her 60s texted her pastor to complain that his prayer lamenting the riot the U.S. Capitol in January was “too political.” The woman later unloaded a barrage of conspiracy theories. The election of Joe Biden was a …
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The last few weeks of news coverage have reminded us how easy it is to create, disseminate and proliferate misinformation in India. The ingredients are often the same: a hot-button topic, local or foreign bad actors, explicit or implicit collusion between these actors, narrative localisation and …
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UNIONTOWN, Ohio — Nearly two months after the attack on the U.S. Capitol and President Joe Biden’s subsequent inauguration, some faith-based leaders are publicly denouncing conspiracy theories like QAnon. QAnon’s followers believe in a secret “deep state plot” against former President Donald Trump. …
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