Who spread the ‘5G coronavirus’ conspiracy th...

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Fighters from dissident armed groups in Colombia are using TikTok to glorify their lives as guerrillas and recruit youngsters.These armed groups didn't like the terms of a peace treaty negotiated between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the government in 2016 ...  Show more

Tanya Beckett looks at 5G and examines why it’s become the centre of conspiracy theories linking it to the coronavirus and others. What is it about the latest mobile technology which some find so alarming that it drives them to attack and burn down this infrastructure? And what d ...  Show more

Birds Aren’t Real, a conspiracy theory with an apparently absurd premise, has become surprisingly popular in the past few years.

But its followers were in on the joke: The movement’s aim was to poke fun at misinformation … by creating misinformation.

Has it been su ...

The curious history of the delusion that COVID-19 has something to do with 5G. Malvertising spoofs a security company’s website. Data breach hits Pakistani mobile users. xHelper is still in circulation. Data privacy versus data utility. COVID-19-driven patterns of cybercrime. And ...  Show more

Trevor examines conspiracy theories about the origin of COVID-19 that place the blame on bat cuisine in China, a bioengineering plot against senior citizens and 5G technology. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener f ...  Show more