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Can social media help deprogram QAnon believers?

Marketplace Tech

English - September 01, 2020 09:30 - 5 minutes - 11.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratings
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QAnon is gaining followers fast. Social media algorithms are putting QAnon posts in front of their users, QAnon is infiltrating GOP politics and, experts say, increasingly QAnon seems less like a fringe conspiracy theory and more like a cult. Molly speaks with Rachel Bernstein, an educator and therapist who is on the advisory board of the International Cultic Studies Association. She says most cult movements take hold in times of trouble.