Coronavirus conspiracies like that bogus 5G claim are racing across the internet

April 10, 2020 alex jones, antivax, chemtrails, covid19, flat earth, qanon, russia

Archived 6 years ago from TechCrunch
Coronavirus conspiracies like that bogus 5G claim are racing across the internet

As the U.S. and much of the world hunkers down to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, some virus-related conspiracy theories are having a heyday. Specifically, a conspiratorial false claim that 5G technology is linked to COVID-19 gained ground, accelerating from obscurity into the rattled …

April 10, 2020 chloroquine, covid19, russia

Archived 6 years ago from Financial Times
That 5G coronavirus conspiracy? It was me

I know what you’re thinking. How did 5G go from a moderately helpful new technology to a mad internet conspiracy? Why are British mobile phone masts being vandalised by people who blame them for spreading coronavirus? Let me explain. Outside my day job at the Financial Times, I’ve been working …

April 10, 2020 alex jones, china, covid19, russia

Archived 6 years ago from Data Center Knowledge
5G Virus Conspiracy Theory Fueled by Coordinated Effort

Ryan Gallagher (Bloomberg) — A conspiracy theory linking 5G technology to the outbreak of the coronavirus is quickly gaining momentum, with celebrities including actor Woody Harrelson promoting the idea. But the theory is also getting a boost from what some researchers say is a coordinated …

April 9, 2020 covid19, russia

Archived 6 years ago from The Verge
Why the 5G coronavirus conspiracy theories don’t make sense

Online conspiracy theories have been trying to link the novel coronavirus pandemic to the rollout of 5G technology recently. Despite there being no scientific links, multiple 5G towers have been set on fire in the UK. Theories shared on Facebook, Nextdoor, and Instagram are being widely spread, …

April 8, 2020 antivax, covid19, david icke, rfk jr, russia

Archived 6 years ago from Alliance for Science
Anti-vaxxers and Russia behind viral 5G COVID conspiracy theory

Like the fruitless search for the coronavirus “patient zero,” we may never know where the conspiracy theory falsely linking 5G communications networks with the COVID-19 pandemic first arose. But a more important question is this: who took a fringe conspiracy theory and promoted it to a global …

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April 8, 2020 5g, antivax, david icke, rfk jr, russia

Archived 6 years ago from Alliance for Science
Anti-vaxxers and Russia behind viral 5G COVID conspiracy theory

Why Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories Flourish. And Why It Matters.

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April 8, 2020 bill gates, china, russia

Archived 6 years ago from The New York Times
Why Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories Flourish. And Why It Matters.

The coronavirus has given rise to a flood of conspiracy theories, disinformation and propaganda, eroding public trust and undermining health officials in ways that could elongate and even outlast the pandemic. Claims that the virus is a foreign bioweapon, a partisan invention or part of a plot to …

April 6, 2020 alex jones, antivax, big tech, bill gates, chemtrails, china, covid19, david icke, deep state, illuminati, qanon, rfk jr, russia

Archived 6 years ago from Wired.co.uk
How the 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory tore through the internet

Getty Images / WIRED It started with one doctor. On January 22, Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws published an interview with Kris Van Kerckhoven, a general practitioner from Putte, near Antwerp. “5G is life-threatening, and no one knows it”, read the headline. One scientifically-baseless claim …

April 4, 2020 big tech, covid19, russia

Archived 6 years ago from The Verge
British 5G towers are being set on fire because of coronavirus conspiracy theories

5G phone masts are being set alight in the UK, after online conspiracy theories have misleadingly linked the cell towers to the coronavirus pandemic. The BBC reports that at least three 5G towers were set alight within the last week, and police and fire services were called to extinguish the …

April 3, 2020 antivax, covid19, rfk jr, russia

Archived 5 years ago from PolitiFact
Fact-checking a conspiracy theory about 5G and the coronavirus

PolitiFact | Fact-checking a conspiracy theory about 5G and the coronavirus Says a “5G LAW PASSED while everyone was distracted” with the coronavirus pandemic and lists 20 symptoms associated with 5G exposure. A medical worker uses her phone while wearing a surgical mask outside Mt. Sinai West on …

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