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QAnon and related conspiracy theories like Pizzagate
In the months leading up to and after the election, researchers attempting to redirect people who sought out far-right groups away from disinformation found that in Arizonans searched for extremist content and conspiracy theories more than many other states. In September 2020, tech startup Moonshot …
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The rise of social media has allowed for easier dissemination of conspiracy theories, according to a recent report released by the Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET). Author Daniel Allington elaborates on how the world’s largest social networking platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and …
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Conspiracy theories are more popular and more widespread in the 21st century than they have ever been. They are powered by the rise of the internet and social media, enabled by the declining influence of traditional gatekeepers of opinion such as newspaper editors, TV executives and book …
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On Jan. 29, Representative Cori Bush of Missouri decided that she wanted her office in Congress to be moved. This decision was made due to her verbal conflict with Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene. The argument began as a confrontation about masks and then escalated. Greene’s team began …
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As the coronavirus spread across the globe, so too did speculation about its origins. Perhaps the virus escaped from a lab. Maybe it was engineered as a bioweapon.Legitimate questions about the virus created perfect conditions for conspiracy theories. In the absence of knowledge, guesswork and …
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Watching Oliver Stone’s JFK in the age of QAnon, Covid denialism and anti-vax conspiracy theories is a very different experience from watching it when the film arrived in cinemas three decades ago. The movie’s conspiratorial bent and the liberties it takes with history to advance both its plot, …
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Feb 13th 2021 “I JUST BELIEVE strongly that Facebook shouldn’t be the arbiter of truth of everything that people say online,” Mark Zuckerberg, the social-media boss, said last year. Yet despite Mr Zuckerberg’s hope, that is what Facebook has become. Like a power company, Facebook can illuminate …
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You may have heard the outlandish claim: Bill Gates is using the Covid-19 vaccine to implant microchips in everyone so he can track where they go. It’s false, of course, debunked repeatedly by journalists and fact-checking organizations. Yet the falsehood persists online — in fact, it’s one of the …
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Joe Biden is the new president of the United States, although half of the country’s Republicans believe he stole the election. A lot of people believe conspiracy theories on the other side of the Atlantic. But they aren’t only found there. Conspiracy theories are not exclusive to people who storm …
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Misinformation moves faster online than truth. But when it comes to elections, COVID-19, vaccines, 5G, QAnon, chemtrails, are the moves by social platforms actually working? And more importantly, what do you say to a person online that you know is sharing content that you know to be untrue – what’s …
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