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He went down the QAnon rabbit hole for two years. Here's how he got out
One day in June 2019, Jitarth Jadeja went outside to smoke a cigarette. For two years he'd been in the virtual cult of QAnon. But now he'd watched a YouTube video that picked apart the last element of the theory he believed in. Standing there smoking, he would say later, he felt "shattered." He had gone down the QAnon rabbit hole; now, having emerged from it, he had no idea what to do next.
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I Spoke to a Scholar of Conspiracy Theories and I’m Scared for Us
The big lesson of 2020 is that everything keeps getting more dishonest.
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QAnon is supposed to be all about protecting kids. Its primary enabler appears to have hosted child porn domains.
One dark irony of QAnon has always been that the conspiracy theory, which holds that President Trump is waging a war on a cabal of elite liberal pedophiles, rose to prominence on 8chan, an imageboard where users swapped child pornography.
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The return of Fake Melania Trump is a fitting end to this bonkers election
Rumours of a bogus FLOTUS are crazy talk, writes Vinay Menon, but wild theories are to be expected when no one can believe what the Trump camp says.
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How QAnon infiltrated the yoga world
It was in March when yoga instructor Jennifer Davis-Flynn noticed her Instagram feed starting to change. She saw fellow yogis expressing doubts about the severity of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, challenging government-mandated lockdowns and mask-wearing regulations, and positing whether natural medicine and meditation could best protect us from the viral threat.
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QAnon proves internet companies aren't up to the task of defending democracy
QAnon’s success is a byproduct of the continual failures of platform companies to prevent the growth anti-democratic movements
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The Eye of Providence: The symbol with a secret meaning?
How has a seemingly straightforward image – an eye set within a triangle – become a lightning rod for conspiracy theorists? Matthew Wilson looks at the history of an ambiguous symbol.
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Conspiracy theories, explained
Americans are embracing dangerous conspiratorial beliefs, from QAnon to coronavirus denial.
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I think Dan Brown turned my parents into QAnoners
If you haven't heard of the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon by now, perhaps it's irresponsible of me to tell you about it. Essentially, a member of a sketchy Internet forum alleged that he is a high level government official with secret information about a satanic cult run by Democrat pedophiles and their sex-trafficking associates. It's the same old antisemitic dogwhistle all over again, but with a fun new twist: President Donald Trump has surreptitiously dedicated his career...
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Why Nashville bomb investigators feared copycat attacks by 5G conspiracists
Conspiracy theories about 5G technology are growing in size and intensity-—and finding connections with the pandemic.
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Even If It's 'Bonkers,' Poll Finds Many Believe QAnon And Other Conspiracy Theories
A significant number of Americans believe misinformation about the origins of the coronavirus and the recent presidential election, as well as conspiracy theories like QAnon, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll. Forty percent of respondents said they believe the coronavirus was made in a lab in China even though there is no evidence for this. Scientists say the virus was transmitted to humans from another species.
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Xena slams Hercules: Lucy Lawless calls out former costar Kevin Sorbo over Antifa conspiracy theory
Xena: Warrior Princess actress Lucy Lawless is slamming her former costar Kevin Sorbo for supporting the baseless claim that it was "leftist agitators" who broke into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
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People say Facebook biggest source of misinformation: poll
More than 6 in 10 Americans say they regularly encounter misinformation on Facebook, amid the company's efforts to ban groups linked to conspiracy theories. A poll commissioned by Newsy from YouGov found that 65 percent of Americans say they encounter misinformation on Facebook, higher than any other social media or traditional media platform.
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'It let white supremacists organize': the toxic legacy of Facebook's Groups
Facebook has said it will no longer algorithmically recommend political groups to users, but experts warn that isn’t enough
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The Democratic Party Has a Fatal Misunderstanding of the QAnon Phenomenon
On Thursday, the House voted to strip Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments, putting an end to one chapter of what’s sure to be an ongoing saga in the chamber’s Republican caucus. In a meandering nonapology in the hours before the vote, Greene, who has endorsed an impressive array of conspiracy theories, including QAnon and claims that Hillary Clinton had raped, mutilated, and consumed the blood of a child...
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Stanley Kubrick’s Daughter Is a Far-Right Proud Boys and QAnon Fanatic
In recent months, Stanley Kubrick’s daughter Vivian has tweeted anti-Semitic memes, joked about the murder of AOC, cheered on the Proud Boys, and promoted QAnon conspiracies.
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QAnon's corrosive impact on the U.S.
Tens of millions of Americans believe QAnon's core -- and false -- theory that an evil cabal of Satan-worshipping elites commits atrocities against children and controls much of the world. Where does this movement stand and who has it impacted? Lesley Stahl reports.
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How Pro-Trump Forces Pushed a Lie About Antifa at the Capitol Riot
On social media, on cable networks and even in the halls of Congress, supporters of Donald J. Trump tried to rewrite history in real time, pushing the fiction that left-wing agitators were to blame for the violence on Jan. 6.
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A Better Way to Think About Conspiracies
People will always be interested in conspiracy theories. They need a tool kit for discriminating among different fringe ideas.
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Many QAnon followers report having mental health diagnoses
QAnon is often viewed as a group associated with conspiracy, terrorism and radical action, such as the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. But radical extremism and terror may not be the real concern from this group.
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