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Conspiracy theorist said death threats were “jokes”—but jury didn’t buy it

Enlarge / Brendan Hunt frequently posted videos about conspiracy theories to sites including YouTube and BitChute. (credit: Brendan Hunt/YouTube) Over the past 20 years, Brendan Hunt increasingly bought into conspiracy theories. But unlike many others like him, he wasn’t just falling down the rabbit hole—he was the one digging it. In posts made to YouTube […]

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It took Facebook two months to realize “Stop the Steal” might turn violent

Enlarge (credit: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images) It took Facebook less than two days to shut down the original “Stop the Steal” group but two months for it to realize that the group and its offspring had spawned a “harmful movement” that thrived on the platform and would ultimately lead to violence. The news […]

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