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Conspiracy theories ripped through the internet this year, destroying relationships and endangering lives. The flurry of online falsehoods about coronavirus began as soon as the pandemic hit.
Aug 8, 2023 · Conspiracy theory beliefs and (more generally) misinformation may be groundless, but they can have a range of harmful real-world consequences, including spreading lies, undermining trust in...
Aug 1, 2023 · Conspiracy theories may be baseless, but they can have a range of harmful real-world consequences, including spreading lies, undermining trust in media and government and inciting violence.
Oct 9, 2021 · The main purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between social media platform use and conspiracy theory beliefs related to the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the following five different social media platforms: Messenger, WhatsApp, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook.
- Yannis Theocharis, Ana Cardenal, Soyeon Jin, Toril Aalberg, David Nicolas Hopmann, Jesper Strömbäck,...
- 2021
Mar 2, 2021 · These days, conspiracy theories are taking hold much faster. And, Olmsted says, conspiracy theories – and the people who believe them – have been getting more extreme since the era of JFK.
Mar 31, 2024 · Officers warn online speculation and misinformation "can have real world consequences that put innocent people in harm's way".
Jan 12, 2022 · Real-world harms. While the Covid-19 pandemic has seen a surge in misinformation about the virus and vaccines, YouTube and other social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter have...
