How to talk about conspiracy theories

How should you engage with someone edging towards conspiracy theories?

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The online heroes of the coronavirus pandemic

Meet the people dishing out good advice and sound facts about Covid-19.

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QAnon and on and on

Why has a bizarre conspiracy theory surged in popularity during the global pandemic?

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Why do some influencers back bad products?

From make-up to gadgets: exposing the dubious products on your Instagram feed.

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Did a state news agency troll its critics?

Mexico’s state news agency Notimex has been accused of sending online abuse to critics.

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QAnon and the rabbit hole election

What impact will the QAnon conspiracy theory have on the upcoming US election?

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Disinfo wars and the all-American ‘troll farm’

An American writer was roped into a Russian disinformation campaign.

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Help! My mum is a conspiracy influencer

What would you do if one day your mum became a conspiracy theory influencer?

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Sex, monks and video fakes

How Cambodia’s top human rights activist was driven into exile by a state smear campaign.

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How to be a social media star… without the internet

What’s it like chasing online fame in one of the least connected places on earth?

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Doxxed and hacked In Hong Kong

Who’s behind the shady tactics targeting pro-democracy activists online?

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The roots of Donald Trump’s ‘voter fraud’ strategy

What’s the real story behind allegations of fraud during the US presidential election?

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The truth behind a ‘woke’ Instagram network

Instagram accounts pledging to do good via “brand ambassadors” aren’t all that they seem.

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Votes, viruses, victims: 2020 in disinformation

This year we debunked dozens of online rumours and fake news stories. What happened next?

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The Anti-Vax Files

How anti-vax went viral

How did the anti-vaccine movement explode online during the course of the pandemic?

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The Anti-Vax Files

France’s misinformation fight

Meet the people behind a disinformation battle raging in France.

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The Anti-Vax Files

South Africa's imported 'infodemic'

Meet the female scientists battling misinformation and online propaganda.

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The Anti-Vax Files

Targeting Germany’s youth

Germany’s Querdenken movement opposes vaccines. Now it’s recruiting children.

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The Anti-Vax Files

One woman’s escape from the rabbit hole

How Catherine fell for conspiracy theories - until she turned her scepticism around.

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The Anti-Vax Files

The rise of India’s ‘Covid quack’

India is struggling with Covid – and one man’s dodgy ideas aren’t helping.

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The Anti-Vax Files

Brazil’s bubble of bad information

Why are some Brazilians unable to check information they receive via chat apps?

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The Anti-Vax Files

Vaccine heroes fight back

The pandemic isn’t over – but there are signs that science is beating anti-vaccine lies.

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The anti-vax influencer plot that flopped

Who is behind a secret plot to pay social media stars to falsely discredit Covid vaccines?

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The TikTok news revolution

Why are more people getting their news from an app best known for dance videos?

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Anti-vaxxers only

The Covid activists who are trying to live and love only with other unvaccinated people.

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Who is TikTok’s masked vigilante?

Think you’re safe being an anonymous TikTok troll? Meet your worst nightmare.

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Nesara: The financial fantasy ruining lives

The growing popularity of a conspiracy theory that predicts all debt will be cancelled.

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The cops weaponising copyright

Could your favourite song be used to cover up the misdeeds of the police?

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The Kenyans who help the world to cheat

The Kenyans escaping poverty by helping lazy foreigners to fake their academic work.

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