Tag Archives: Theories

When a conversation between Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant became a viral video before the 2019 NBA All-Star Game, with online sleuths speculating that they were aligning their free-agency plans, which led them to the Brooklyn Nets four months later, Irving neither denied nor confirmed the contents of their discussion. Instead, Irving went on the defensive. “Anybody’s stories or social media, I’m completely off it,” he said. “I just don’t have the care for it. It ruins locker rooms, it ruins… Source link

One in five adults in the U.S. believe their own country played a role in the 9/11 attacks. One in three believe Big Pharma is hiding harmful side effects caused by vaccines. Thirty-seven percent believe the world is ruled by a cabal of people who go by the name the New World Order. All, of course, are wrong. But where do they get their misguided beliefs? A new study by academics across Europe analyzes the role search engines play in perpetuating untruths. “We know web search is a massively… Source link

Russian search engine Yandex is more likely to promote conspiracy theory-related content in its search results than any other major search engine, according to a new study published Wednesday. More than half of Yandex’s first-page search results for controversial terms such as “flat earth” and “George Soros” were for pages that promoted conspiracy theories, researchers at the University of Zurich found. That was a significantly higher share than among the results… Source link

The Telegraph Novak Djokovic’s controversial season over as Dominic Thiem books place in ATP Finals showpiece Novak Djokovic’s strange and controversial tennis season is over, after Dominic Thiem eliminated him from the Nitto ATP Finals in a spectacular denouement to the first semi-final. In a year when the sport has been overshadowed by off-court events, Djokovic has never left centre stage. The pandemic was clearly the main story, but we have also seen the launch of a rival player union… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]New Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Half of Trump supporters believe QAnon’s conspiracy theories  Yahoo News Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]New Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Half of Trump supporters believe QAnon’s conspiracy theories  Yahoo Sports Source link

Washington (AFP) – Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on Thursday pushed back against some of the conspiracy theories spreading online accusing him of creating the coronavirus outbreak. “It’s a bad combination of pandemic and social media and people looking for a very simple explanation,” the Microsoft founder said during a CNN Town Hall interview. Doctored photos and fabricated news articles crafted by conspiracy theorists — shared thousands of times on social media platforms and… Source link

Alphabet Inc’s Google (GOOGL) said over the weekend that it will restrict and if necessary prohibit advertising which promotes “dangerous content” on coronavirus conspiracy theories. The policy update, which will be effective from August, will ban publishers from abusing the California-based search giant’s ad platform to promote and monetize content that relates to a “current, major health crisis and contradicts authoritative, scientific consensus”. Examples of ad content which… Source link