Category: Scoop.it
-
BAD NEWS: QAnon Demon Healer Says Biden Dead And Clintons Dead And Tom Hanks Dead And – Wonkette
Well, fiddlesticks. We liked ALL of them.
-
Multi-country study finds cultural values of collectivism and masculinity are tied to belief in conspiracy theories
New research published in Political Psychology provides the first evidence that culture can shape the endorsement of conspiracy theories. The researchers …
-
Cyber Ninjas, UV lights and far-right funding: inside the strange Arizona 2020 election ‘audit’ | Arizona | The Guardian
Election experts are watching the effort with deep alarm, saying officials are not using a reliable methodology – and fear it could be a model for Republicans to try elsewhere…
-
Do Videos Show Magnets Sticking to People’s Arms After COVID-19 Vaccine?
A handful of viral clips attempted to further a conspiracy theory about the COVID-19 vaccine.
-
Satanic bikers, time portals and the Fall: the story of Mark E Smith’s secret screenplay | The Fall | The Guardian
While the Fall’s songs were suffused with hauntings and the occult, it is only now that Smith’s talent for strange fiction, in the form of an unmade film The Otherwise, has been revealed…
-
QAnon Plots To Steal Arizona By Replacing ‘Usurpers’ Elected Since 2018
Supporters of QAnon have reportedly come up with a plan to make Donald Trump president again by replacing every official elected in Arizona since 2018.
-
QAnon channels delete their own YouTube videos to evade punishment
YouTube has banned almost 40 channels that use the tactic. Disinformation experts say they haven’t seen the ploy used before.
-
Mark Zuckerberg’s Goat, “Bitcoin”, Ignites Conspiracy Theories – Bitcoin News
Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, revealed he’d named one of his goats “Bitcoin”.This was seemingly an innocent announcement that, nonetheless, got the crypto sphere talking on…
-
Right-wingers staking out hardware stores in pursuit of latest anti-Biden conspiracy theory
Amateur sleuths are racking up page views by staking out hardware stores and filming stack of lumber in the latest online conspiracy theory.Lumber prices have tripled as demand for housing has jumped and the pandemic throttled production, but lumber-shortage truthers are recording videos of wood…
-
‘Pandemic of hate’: Leaders, experts warn anti-lockdown protests linked to far right | CTV News
Online conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and protests against public health orders are helping to spread dangerous ideas laden with racism and bigotry, says a network monitoring hate groups in Canada.