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Capitol riot is offline effect of QAnon and online conspiracy theories By (0) Supporters of President Donald Trump riot against the Electoral College vote count on Wednesday in protest of Trump's loss to President-elect Joe Biden, prompting a lockdown of the Capitol Building. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI | License Photo The rioters breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo There were 15 arrests following the breach. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo Pro-Trump rioters destroy network video gear as hundreds of others breach the sec...

Image via AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta This article about conspiracy theories is republished here with permission from The Conversation. This content is shared here because the topic may interest Snopes readers; it does not, however, represent the work of Snopes fact-checkers or editors. What is the cost of propaganda, misinformation and conspiracy theories? Democracy and public safety, to name just two things. The United States has received a stark lesson on how online propaganda and misinformation have an offline impact. For months, Donald Trump has falsely claimed the N...

How QAnon Began — And Became A Domestic Terror Threat Reprinted with permission from MediaMatters Less than three years after it started on an anonymous far-right message board, the QAnon conspiracy theory was being praised by the president of the United States. On August 19, a reporter asked President Donald Trump if he had anything to say to followers of QAnon. Speaking in the White House briefing room, Trump said, "I don't know much about the movement other than I understand they like me very much, which I appreciate," adding that it was "gaining in popularity" and consisted o...

2020 was the year activists mastered hashtag flooding Image: mashable composite: Markus Gann / EyeEm via getty images 2020-12-30 11:00:00 UTC A lone hashtag might not look very mighty, but when used en masse, the symbols can become incredibly powerful activism tools. Over the past two decades — largely since product designer Chris Messina pitched hashtags to Twitter in 2007 — activists have learned to harness the symbols to form online communities, raise awareness on pressing issues, organize protests, shape digital narratives, and redirect social media discourse.  On any given ...

>> the prosecution's message for the jury was blunt. there had been a violent confrontation in the widmer house that night. >> ryan widmer purposefully killed sarah stewart widmer and murdered her by drowning. >> the prosecutors began with the first moments of the case, ryan's call to 911. >> my wife, she fell asleep in the bathtub. i just came up here, and she was laying facedown in the bathtub. >> on the stand, the emergency dispatcher testified that the voice on the phone that night was giving more details than normal. >> it seemed that the caller was rather calm. usually i can't get, you k...