1/5 A brief thread on the HUGE surge in conspiracy spam about the #CoronaVirus #COVID19 / #5G.

When people are scared, they'll grasp at ANY straw.

Conspiracy theories 'make sense' of a chaotic world, especially for the uneducated. But even smart people fall for it when stressed!
1/5 A brief thread on the HUGE surge in conspiracy spam about the #CoronaVirus #COVID19 / #5G.When people are scared, they'll grasp at ANY straw.Conspiracy theories 'make sense' of a chaotic world, especially for the uneducated. But even smart people fall for it when stressed!
1/5 A brief thread on the HUGE surge in conspiracy spam about the #CoronaVirus #COVID19 / #5G.When people are scared, they'll grasp at ANY straw.Conspiracy theories 'make sense' of a chaotic world, especially for the uneducated. But even smart people fall for it when stressed!
1/5 A brief thread on the HUGE surge in conspiracy spam about the #CoronaVirus #COVID19 / #5G.When people are scared, they'll grasp at ANY straw.Conspiracy theories 'make sense' of a chaotic world, especially for the uneducated. But even smart people fall for it when stressed!
1/5 A brief thread on the HUGE surge in conspiracy spam about the #CoronaVirus #COVID19 / #5G.When people are scared, they'll grasp at ANY straw.Conspiracy theories 'make sense' of a chaotic world, especially for the uneducated. But even smart people fall for it when stressed!
2/5 There's a TON of this crap out there, on ALL social media platforms, being pushed by the #DenialMachine.

Troll farms know that #Disinformation is candy to people who are afraid: that's why it's EVERYWHERE right now.

Creating noise, confusion and doubt is their GAME, folks.
2/5 There's a TON of this crap out there, on ALL social media platforms, being pushed by the #DenialMachine.Troll farms know that #Disinformation is candy to people who are afraid: that's why it's EVERYWHERE right now.Creating noise, confusion and doubt is their GAME, folks.
2/5 There's a TON of this crap out there, on ALL social media platforms, being pushed by the #DenialMachine.Troll farms know that #Disinformation is candy to people who are afraid: that's why it's EVERYWHERE right now.Creating noise, confusion and doubt is their GAME, folks.
2/5 There's a TON of this crap out there, on ALL social media platforms, being pushed by the #DenialMachine.Troll farms know that #Disinformation is candy to people who are afraid: that's why it's EVERYWHERE right now.Creating noise, confusion and doubt is their GAME, folks.
2/5 There's a TON of this crap out there, on ALL social media platforms, being pushed by the #DenialMachine.Troll farms know that #Disinformation is candy to people who are afraid: that's why it's EVERYWHERE right now.Creating noise, confusion and doubt is their GAME, folks.
3/5 Others take advantage of fear to push agendas.

The right wing LOVES to attack science during a crisis, to push religious / political agendas while the public's distracted. One such is Shiva Ayyadurai, a US-senate hopeful who's an anti-vaxx and pro-conspiracy opportunist.😠📢
3/5 Others take advantage of fear to push agendas.The right wing LOVES to attack science during a crisis, to push religious / political agendas while the public's distracted. One such is Shiva Ayyadurai, a US-senate hopeful who's an anti-vaxx and pro-conspiracy opportunist.
3/5 Others take advantage of fear to push agendas.The right wing LOVES to attack science during a crisis, to push religious / political agendas while the public's distracted. One such is Shiva Ayyadurai, a US-senate hopeful who's an anti-vaxx and pro-conspiracy opportunist.
4/5 YOU can help push back against the pro-fear, anti-science noise out there: REPORT it whenever you spot it!

#Troller accounts are easy to spot if you're familiar with my #Climate_Tip #TT_Tip tagged series of posts: read up!

Help ease everyone's fears by removing the crazy.✅
5/5 Report any 'hoax' / conspiracy posts to Twitter as 'Abusive/Harmful' then 'Encouraging Self-Harm.'

Do much the same on other platforms like Facebook.

Help stop the trolls from spreading their paid noise.

We're #StrongerTogether: we can beat this pandemic AND the trolls! 🥰
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