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Fighting Disinformation - Identifying conspiracy theories

Fighting Disinformation - Identifying conspiracy theories

What are conspiracy theories? 

The belief that certain events or situations are secretly manipulated behind the scenes by powerful forces with negative intent.

 

Conspiracy theories have these 6 things in common:

  • An alleged, secret plot.
  • A group of conspirators.
  • ‘Evidence’ that seems to support the conspiracy theory.
  • They falsely suggest that nothing happens by accident and that there are no coincidences; nothing is as it appears and everything is connected.
  • They divide the world into good or bad.
  • They scapegoat people and groups.

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