Tag Archives: Conspiracy Theories

Recommended Reading: ‘WandaVision’ begins Marvel’s TV slate on Disney+

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WandaVision is a nostalgic escape from this chaotic reality into anotherCharles Pulliam-Moore, io9io9 offers some details on the first episodes of the new Marvel series that debuted this week on Disney+. Whether you’re okay to read about the show in...

Facebook removes massive QAnon group over hate and harassment claims

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Facebook just took down one of the larger targets in its crackdown on QAnon conspiracy theories. The social network told Reuters that it had removed Official Q/Qanon, a group with almost 200,000 members, after multiple posts reportedly violated polic...

TikTok blocks QAnon hashtags amid larger crackdown

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TikTok is joining Facebook and Twitter in cracking down on QAnon posts, at least to a degree. The social network told BBC News that had blocked multiple hashtags related to the unsupported conspiracy theory, including “QAnon” itself and related items...

Twitter clumsily fact-checks ‘5G corona’ tweets

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Twitter is getting more aggressive with the use its fact-checking label — it might even be hard to avoid the label in some cases. Business Insider and others have noticed that Twitter is displaying a “get the facts on COVID-19” link underneath seemin...

Twitter ‘super-spreaders’ shared bogus COVID-19 info with 3 million users

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A new report by NewsGuard says a handful of COVID-19 misinformation “super-spreaders” have shared false and misleading claims with more than three million Twitter users. The report identified 10 accounts with more than 100,000 followers each that pro...

UK carriers would appreciate you not setting cell towers on fire

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The arson attacks against 5G masts in the UK have become serious enough that carriers are joining together to put a stop to the incidents. EE, O2, Three and Vodafone have issued a joint statement both urging people not to set fire to cellular masts,...

YouTube will remove videos falsely linking COVID-19 to 5G

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The rash of bogus conspiracy theories tying the COVID-19 pandemic to 5G has led to cell tower arson and threats against engineers, and YouTube is planning to crack down on that misinformation. The Google-owned service said it will remove videos that...

YouTube’s tweaks to recommend fewer conspiracy videos seem to be working

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One of the most important aspects of YouTube is its recommendation engine, as the vast majority of views and watch time come from suggested content, rather than direct traffic. The platform does a good job of determining which videos would be relevan...