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                    [Title] => 'Monetizing hate': Unease as misinformation swirls on Twitter
                    [Summary] => The Tesla tycoon bitterly denies that misinformation has surged since his turbulent $44-billion acquisition of the messaging platform, but experts say content moderation has been gutted after mass layoffs, while a paid verification system has served to boost conspiracy theorists.
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                    [Title] => Conspiracy epidemic, born in US, spreads in Europe
                    [Summary] => Conspiracy theories, driven by the global health crisis, are taking root in Europe more than ever, drawing inspiration from the QAnon movement in the United States.
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                    [Title] => Wuhan lab had three live bat coronaviruses — Chinese state media
                    [Summary] => The director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology told state broadcaster CGTN that claims made by US President Donald Trump and others the virus could have leaked from the facility were "pure fabrication".
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                    [Summary] => Conspiracy theories are difficult to prove. They are even more difficult to disprove. As a consequence, they tend to linger.
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'Monetizing hate': Unease as misinformation swirls on Twitter

April 17, 2023 - 10:15am

The Tesla tycoon bitterly denies that misinformation has surged since his turbulent $44-billion acquisition of the messaging...

World

Conspiracy epidemic, born in US, spreads in Europe

May 17, 2021 - 12:47pm

Conspiracy theories, driven by the global health crisis, are taking root in Europe more than ever, drawing inspiration from...

World

Wuhan lab had three live bat coronaviruses — Chinese state media

May 24, 2020 - 1:23pm

The director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology told state broadcaster CGTN that claims made by US President Donald Trump...

World

Plots

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | September 29, 2018 - 12:00am

Conspiracy theories are difficult to prove. They are even more difficult to disprove. As a consequence, they tend to linger.

Opinion