vaccine hesitancy
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The 7 Dumbest Conspiracy Theories About the Baltimore Bridge Collapse
When the Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed in the early morning hours of Tuesday, there was almost immediately chatter on social media about potential conspiracy theories. In reality, the bridge collapsed because a container ship lost power and crashed into a column, causing it to tumble into the river below. But many of the internet’s…
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How Anti-Vaxxers Made Justin Bieber the Latest ‘Proof’ of Their Conspiracy Theories
A new group of fans has Bieber fever: anti-vaxxers. To them, he’s living proof that bad things inevitably happen to people who get the COVID-19 vaccine, though there has been no clear evidence and no word from the Biebs himself.
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Twitter Admits It Hid Tweets About HBO’s QAnon Docuseries
For the past year, Twitter has censored tweets about a documentary exploring the origins of the QAnon movement.
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Texas AG Launches Investigation Into GoFundMe’s Removal of ‘Freedom Convoy’ Campaign
Texas attorney general Ken Paxton said he’s launching an investigation into GoFundMe following the company’s decision to take down a fundraising effort for an anti-vaccine mandate protest in Canada. Paxton’s Civil Investigative Demand, which comes on the heels of mounting Republican outrage over GoFundMe, will probe to determine whether the crowdsourcing company violated Texas’ Deceptive…