An international project investigating the form, content and consequences of online conspiracy theories has found that in German-speaking countries, such theories often originate locally and have come to form a complex ecosystem of alternative news websites, print media and parts of the political spectrum.
Tackling conspiracy theories requires tactics as varied as the theories themselves
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A new study has concluded that in New Jersey’s largest city, crime was concentrated significantly around corner stores compared with other commercial venues. The study’s findings have implications for crime prevention, urban planning, and community [...]
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In communities around the Amazon Rainforest, there’s a pervasive belief that large landowners use their money to influence local politics to benefit their operations.This post was originally published on this site
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More than two years of war in Gaza have left many Palestinian children too weak to learn or play and convinced they will be “killed for being Gazans,” a new report warns. The University of [...]
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Two things are clear from a University of Michigan analysis of nearly 200,000 Twitter posts between 2012 and 2022. One, people are really good at identifying peak pollen season: The largest volume of tweets about [...]
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Older adults tend to do well at identifying falsehoods in experiments, but they’re also likelier than younger adults to like and share misinformation online.This post was originally published on this site
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Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a tool that measures when people engage in dialog across political divides. The results show that personal factors play a greater role in people’s willingness to engage [...]
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Donald Trump joked in 2016 that he could “stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody” and not lose support. In 2024, after two impeachments and 34 felony convictions, he has more or [...]
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In 2025, youth-led protests erupted everywhere from Morocco to Nepal, Madagascar and Europe. A generation refused to remain silent in the face of economic precariousness, corruption and eroding democratic norms and institutions.This post was originally [...]
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By any measure, 2025 was not a good year for world peace.This post was originally published on this site
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Among his other ongoing projects, US President Donald Trump has spent much of his second term on a renovation. The Oval Office has been converted into a miniature palace festooned with gold bling, the rose [...]
