On Wednesday, the model Chrissy Teigen, who had accumulated 13.7 million followers on Twitter since joining in 2009, wrote that she would be deleting her Twitter account. “Hey. For over 10 years, you guys have been my world. I honestly owe so much to this world we have created here. …
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A massive Facebook group Stop the Steal, which spread misinformation about election fraud, accumulated more than 300,000 members in less than 48 hours, racking up hundreds of thousands of total impressions, according to CrowdTangle data. The page, which has been taken down by Facebook, was organized by a pro-Trump group …
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Earlier this week, Jodie Meschuk, an anti-vaccination advocate with 19,000 followers, posted a graphic of children’s cherubic cartoon faces, with the caption “Un-mask our kids. Let’s talk mom to mom.” The graphic contained many erroneous claims about the risks associated with wearing face masks, including that it can lead to …
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On Saturday, 64-year-old “Mad” Mike Hughes was killed when a rocket he was attached to crashed in the desert in San Bernardino County, California. Hughes was a member of the Flat Earth community, a subculture consisting of people who (despite all scientific evidence pointing squarely to the contrary) believe that …
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