This is absolutely damning. With ~20,000 retweets the conspiracy theory in question will likely have reached about 8 million people or more. https://twitter.com/fullfact/status/1252652668922875905">https://twitter.com/fullfact/...
. @joshfeldberg’s write-up of the rapid spread of this nonsense is well worth a read https://twitter.com/joshfeldberg/status/1252587779143405568?s=21">https://twitter.com/joshfeldb... https://twitter.com/joshfeldberg/status/1252587779143405568">https://twitter.com/joshfeldb...
And @imbadatlife has produced a comprehensive thread unravelling it all https://twitter.com/imbadatlife/status/1252518446849556480?s=21">https://twitter.com/imbadatli... https://twitter.com/imbadatlife/status/1252518446849556480">https://twitter.com/imbadatli...
Then there’s the question of the track record of the guy making these claims
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(He’s currently attacking the BBC for putting a quote in quotes. Which is apparently a bad thing, not sure why.)
OBVIOUSLY the reason there appears to be no evidence for the conspiracy theory is that the government conspired to create the theory as a TRAP to make conspiracy theorists look stupid. Wake up, Sheeple!
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Well, would you look at that. Hootsuite have looked into the aspects of this conspiracy theory that supposedly involve their service being used, and that& #39;s balls too. https://twitter.com/flashboy/status/1252968863249174530?s=20">https://twitter.com/flashboy/...
Oh dear. Basically, the evidence goes to a different school, but it totally exists. https://twitter.com/WillardFoxton/status/1253046280487686145">https://twitter.com/WillardFo...