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February 14, 2022
Report: High-profile 'TruckersforFreedom' tweets boosted by accounts that also amplified 'Pfizergate'
<h2><strong>Key findings in this report</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Between February 5 and 13, 2022 a dataset with 99,900 tweets declined by 6,959 tweets. Engagements disappear in one of three ways: voluntary deletion of the tweet, voluntary deletion of the account responsible for the engagement, or a user suspension.</li> <li>Hoaxlines assessed a subset of missing engagements – a tweet, reply, quote, or retweet would be an engagement — and found that for MaximeBernier and TimCast, the majority of the engagements lost could be explained by user suspensions. Users behind the missing engagements often had recent creation dates.</li> <li>Two users in the top 100 most active accounts for the truck-related hashtag dataset also appeared in the top 100 most active accounts for the Pfizergate hashtag in November 2021.</li> <li>Suspensions explained most of the lost engagements we examined but we also found that some users deleted the engagement and were still active on the platform. Other users deleted their accounts altogether.</li> <li>Taken together, the evidence in this report suggests inauthentic activity may be boosting prominent promoters of truck-related hashtags. Suspension indicates that Twitter may be aware of this platform manipulation.<br> If so, even if the platform cannot ascertain who is responsible for the activity, it is ethically questionable that the platform has not disclosed this. Twitter’s silence may leave users more vulnerable to influence efforts, allowing bad actors to sow chaos and potentially threaten national security.</li> </ul> <p>For the full report visit <a href="https://novelscience.substack.com/p/high-profile-supporters-of-truck" target="_blank">novelscience.substack.com</a></p>
February 28, 2021
Qualities of Q: New Research Outlines Traits of Qanon Followers Arrested at the Capitol Insurrection
<h4>A bizarre story born in the depths of the internet about <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/27/technology/pizzagate-justin-bieber-qanon-tiktok.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">political elites that trafficked and ate children</a> evolved into what we now know as Qanon.</h4> <p>Qanon. It’s a <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/qanon-nothing-can-stop-what-is-coming/610567/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">catch-all collection of conspiracy beliefs</a> that weaves <a href="https://www.justsecurity.org/72339/qanon-is-a-nazi-cult-rebranded/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">anti-semitic Nazi propaganda, Christian tropes, and anti-intellectualism</a>. The <a href="https://www.dazeddigital.com/science-tech/article/51447/1/qanons-leader-q-is-revealed-to-be-multiple-people" rel="noopener" target="_blank">identity of their prophet</a>, known only as Q, has almost certainly changed. Q is anonymous, hence the name Qanon, so followers and researchers can’t say with certainty who the original or subsequent prophet was.</p> <p>Read the full story.</p> <p><a href="//NovelScience.Substack.com">Subscribe</a> to never miss Novel Science writing on science and society.</p> <p>Visit the <a href="//novel-science.com/hoaxlines/">Hoaxlines Disinformation Database</a>.</p>
December 20, 2020
The UK Mutation Is A Warning to the US
<p>A new strain of the virus causing COVID-19 appeared in the UK in September. By mid-November, the new variety of SARS-CoV-2 appeared in ¼ of new cases. Now, in December, that portion is much larger at over 60% of new cases. The change left Prime Minister Boris Johnson little choice but to restrict movement over Christmas. </p> <p>It’s a warning that Americans should heed. Had Johnson acted swiftly and controlled the virus versus allowing uncontrolled spread, UK citizens might have had a very different Christmas. </p> <p><strong>Find more articles, infographics, and our latest work at </strong><a href="https://novel-science.com"><strong>NOVEL SCIENCE.</strong></a><strong> </strong><a href="https://mailchi.mp/83919fc1b8f5/novelscience"><strong>Subscribe </strong></a><strong>to receive the newsletter with expert-curated updates on COVID-19, research, and science and society</strong>. </p> <p>Email editor@novel-science with questions, comments, or concerns. </p>
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