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Media Matters on the RW conspiracy theories on TikTok about today's FEMA emergency alert system test
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https://www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/far-right-conspiracy-theories-about-femas-emergency-alert-system-test-are-going-viral-tiktok
On TikTok, the unfounded conspiracy theories vary from anti-vaccination misinformation to COVID-19 denial to election fraud speculation and even to lies about 5G cell towers -- despite the platform's community guidelines prohibiting “misinformation related to emergencies that induces panic” and “medical misinformation.”
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A user claimed of the August 11 test: “They’re going to send a vibration through your phone. Just remember, brain waves is the delta variant, the sleeping and the dreaming. I’m just saying this is all too deep to be a coincidence.”
In another video, a different user shared video claiming that 5G networks will trigger “COVID-like respiratory symptoms” to make it seem like more people have COVID-19, spurring mandatory vaccinations. The video’s overlaid text reads “5G Roll out August 11th!”
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Two different users advocated for destroying 5G towers because they believe it is the communication system of the elites and will be used to disrupt radio and internet. Both users engaged with the August 11 conspiracy theories either in the comments or in separate videos. “When they turn off our communication,” wrote one user in overlaid text, “WE NEED TO TURN OFF THEIRS!” with a video of a burning 5G tower.
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A user claimed of the August 11 test: “They’re going to send a vibration through your phone. Just remember, brain waves is the delta variant, the sleeping and the dreaming. I’m just saying this is all too deep to be a coincidence.”
In another video, a different user shared video claiming that 5G networks will trigger “COVID-like respiratory symptoms” to make it seem like more people have COVID-19, spurring mandatory vaccinations. The video’s overlaid text reads “5G Roll out August 11th!”
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Two different users advocated for destroying 5G towers because they believe it is the communication system of the elites and will be used to disrupt radio and internet. Both users engaged with the August 11 conspiracy theories either in the comments or in separate videos. “When they turn off our communication,” wrote one user in overlaid text, “WE NEED TO TURN OFF THEIRS!” with a video of a burning 5G tower.
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Btw, the psychopath advocating burning 5G towers there uses the handle saved_by_jesus_.