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Inside the White Rose: the extremist groups looking to capitalise on Covid paranoia

Michael Marshall - 6th September 2021

Seizing on people's pandemic fears, extremist groups are trying to radicalise White Rose members with health misinformation, holocaust denial, and white supremacist propaganda

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Though it remains unlikely, we’ve too little data to fully rule out the lab leak hypothesis… yet

Wendy M. Grossman - 3rd September 2021

While the recent US intelligence report ruled out claims that Covid had been deliberately create, it did not come to a conclusion on the lab leak hypothesis

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The Bewilder Gambit: a conspiracy theorist tactic designed to distract

Dave Hahn - 25th August 2021

When the questions get too tricky to answer, many conspiracy theorists will aim to bewilder the skeptic with a complex-looking non sequitur

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Fire, malfunction, North Korea, or something else: What really happened to flight MH370?

Brandon Ang - 19th August 2021

When speculating as to what happened to flight MH370, it's vital to be considerate of the families of those who are missing - the passengers and pilots

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Inside the White Rose: from stickers and graffiti to an online Covid conspiracy ecosystem

Michael Marshall - 11th August 2021

In part two of this investigation into the White Rose graffiti movement, we take a look at how members get pulled in to a conspiracy network on Telegram, and some of the confusing and bizarre claims that get shared there

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