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  Russian propaganda efforts aided by pro-Kremlin content creators, research finds

  NBC News - Brandy Zadrozny

  A small network of pro-Kremlin content creators have seen their audiences grow dramatically in recent months while spreading disinformation about the war in Ukraine, evading social media platforms’ efforts to curb Russian propaganda and paving a path to Western audiences, according to research …

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  How a Crisis Actor Conspiracy Theory Rises in Times of Tragedy

  The New York Times - Tiffany Hsu

  In the outpouring of grief immediately after the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, posts appeared on Twitter and other social media platforms about a man named “Bernie.” He was a teacher at Robb Elementary School who died sheltering his students from gunfire, the posts said. Many of the …

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  Conspiracy Theories: How to Spot Them, and What You Need to Know

  Teen Vogue - By Cindy Otis

  On May 14, an 18-year old white man drove across New York state to a largely Black neighborhood, where he shot and killed 10 Black people at a grocery store. According to documents and messages the suspected shooter left behind, he had become radicalized into believing white supremacist conspiracy …

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  Racist and Violent Ideas Jump From Web’s Fringes to Mainstream Sites

  The New York Times - Steven Lee Myers and Stuart A. Thompson

  On March 30, the young man accused of the mass shooting at a Tops grocery store in Buffalo surfed through a smorgasbord of racist and antisemitic websites online. On BitChute, a video sharing site known for hosting right-wing extremism, he listened to a lecture on the decline of the American middle …

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  The COVID-19 Cut-and-Paste Conspiracies Plague Monkeypox Discourse

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  25 May 2022 By Moustafa Ayad and Ciarán O’Connor Reporting about monkeypox outbreaks in Europe and North America is reviving the spread of a set of …

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  Anti-vax conspiracy groups lean into pro-Kremlin propaganda in Ukraine

  politico.eu - Laura Kayali, Mark Scott

  Fringe groups across the EU and US have used the ongoing war to push falsehoods and misinformation about the West. Before Russia invaded Ukraine, …