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US researchers have spent years studying how conspiracy theories spread. Now they are accused of helping to suppress conservative opinions.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://www.viralityproject.org/

You're allowed to have your own opinion, but here is the link to the actual research, which I thought was pretty interesting!

One of the points was about how Covid-19 conspiracy theories were just rehashed talking points of old. I won't spoil the rest

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Without looking I'm going to guess it's rehashed antisemitism. Let's see if I'm right.