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The war in Ukraine and its effects have caught the attention of the world, with the result that the pandemic has become secondary. So the conspiracy theorists who until recently spread false information about the coronavirus, had to find another topic to keep the interest and participation of their online audience. Common denominator is Russian-backed misinformation and a ready-made digital ecosystem by Facebook groups, Telegram channelsand various alternative social networks, conspiracy theorists turned their attention from the coronavirus to the war in Ukraine.
The “information war” is evolving into real-time across the European Union and the United States, as well-organized and large online communities that had previously opposed restrictive measures against the COVID-19 pandemic present Ukraine and its allies as oppressors who want to < strong>establish a New Order of Things.
As reported by VICE , some conspiracy theorists promote the New World Order of Thought Ukraine is at the center of a global technocratic gang that has infiltrated Western democracies. This narrative is also used to strengthen support for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“There is a more general conspiracy theory of the New Order and a more specific version of it used by some extreme right-wing extremists,” Mark Pitkavatz, a senior fellow at the Center for Association Extremism, told VICE. Defamation League (ADL).
“The more general version states that there is a leftist conspiracy, where the elites are trying to manipulate nations and individual agents for their own malicious purposes,” he added.
(Bellingcat)
The advantage of the General Order of the New Order is that it can target any factor it deems dangerous to the United States. p>
“Some blame the Masons, others the Jews, others the communists. “This version is a flu and that is its advantage,” said the researcher.
The most specific version of this conspiracy theory developed in the context of the militia and the wider patriotic or anti-government movement of the 1990s. In the 30 years that he has been studying these movements, the researcher has often seen references to this theory.
“They believe that a globalized, socialist, tyrannical gang already controls most of the world,” Pitkavatz explained. “The United States was the last bastion of freedom, but now they are conspiring with the New Order to deprive Americans of their rights, including the right to bear arms.”
On the war in Ukraine Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. to protect their interests. Putin on the other hand, conspiracy theorists claim, he opposes this New Order of Things.
The subject matter of these theories may have changed, but not the aims of conspiracy theorists. They are once again targeting Bill Gates and George Soros, who have been accused in the past of using the pandemic to create a global “mass control state”. Now, conspiracy theorists claim that the two billionaires funded laboratories in Ukraine that develop biological weapons.
The conspiracy theory QAnon > and biological weapons in Ukraine
QAnon supporters around the world see Russia's invasion of Ukraine as an attempt to destroy > international pedophile clique », which they claim worships Satan and leads a global child trafficking ring. This clique is plotting against former US President Donald Trump , who is fighting it. According to the Canadian CBC , some QAnon fans see Vladimir Putin as Trump's successor in the struggle they envisioned against a shadowy global elite of the “deep state”.
As reported by the research journalism site Bellingcat , some QAnon supporters believe Putin invaded Ukraine to destroy US biological laboratories where a new coronavirus is being developed. Others argue that war is a way to turn the tide The world's attention from the pandemic and the ongoing “population reduction program through COVID-19 vaccination”./strong>, which is supposed to seek to use the pandemic to overthrow capitalism and establish a world government.
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(Twitter/War Clandestine)
According to CBC, more than a quarter of Americans who took part in a YouGov poll in late March said they believed the United States was developing biological weapons in laboratories across Ukraine. The theory of biological laboratories emerged shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In the weeks before the invasion, @WarClandestine posted on Twitter about the protests of truck drivers and protesters against the pandemic measures in Ottawa, Canada. In recent months, the same account has been promoting QAnon conspiracy theories, telling its followers to trust the plan to bring former President Donald Trump back to power.
Next, the account he manages A user who recently identified himself as Jacob Critz, a former member of the Virginia National Guard, posted a map depicting biological laboratories in Ukraine.
“China and Russia have indirectly (and rightly) blamed the US for the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic and fear that the US and allied forces have more viruses (biological weapons) that they intend to release,” he wrote in another post. .
His posts have been shared several thousand times. In the days that followed, this conspiracy theory leaked to anti-vaccine and pro-Russian social media. Twitter, meanwhile, has suspended its @WarClandestine account several times.
“Increasing pro-Kremlin narratives about the war is not really about Russia, but about the continuing skepticism these groups have about their governments, '” Graham Brookie, chief executive, told Politico. of the Atlantic Council's Digital Criminology Research Laboratory, which monitors cyberbullying.
“The world's attention is focused on Russia's invasion. “It's natural for Ukraine to be the main topic of discussion in the conspiracy groups,” he added.SOURCE: VICE, CBC, NDTV, Politico, ertnews.gr
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