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5G Bolivia and beyond



5G portable signals either spread the infection or decrease their safeguards, there's positively no chance.

But it has not stopped the rumors from going global, and has sparked protests in countries where technology is not yet available.

In Bolivia, in addition to sharing videos of telecommunications equipment, claims are responsible for the 5G coronavirus, which has led to masked attacks in two cities.

Adriana Oliveira, a journalist with Bolivia Verfefa, says there is no 5G technology in the country, but "looking at these rumors, with the fact that everyone is limited to lockdowns, people have I pulled the antenna. K. Ara and Yapakani. "

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Indeed, even some senior lawmakers and non common pioneers are making bogus cases about the innovation, connecting it to the spread of the infection.



A former Nigerian senator has said in a video shared 25,000 times on Facebook that the epidemic covers purely the introduction of ly 5G, suggesting that it is harmful.

"Individuals with essential ailments," he says, "are handily eaten by the response to the present 5G innovation and that they pass on."

A zealous minister in Tanzania said on Instagram and YouTube that the spread of the coronavirus was on account of the headway of portable innovation.

A former Grand Mufti of Egypt has spoken on television about the 5G network and how it can cause electrical disturbances, creating an ideal environment for the spread of the coronavirus.

 

In Europe, meanwhile, there have been protests and masked attacks as a result of panic.

The BBC has reported dozens of antenna crashes in the UK.

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In Serbia, 5G conspiracies and speculations about Bill Gates have been popular in both television and tabloid press, where stories are often taken from English or Russian sources.

"So we get to see the same fake news that is in Britain, the United States or elsewhere," said Lazara Marnkovic, who reported BBC News Serbia's anonymity.



Celebrities have also sparked speculation, including Novak Djokovic who revealed his opposition to vaccinations in April and his wife Jelena shared a video about 5G. Conspiracies were promoted.

British conspiracy theorist - David Icke has been a spreader of 5G claims in the English-speaking world kicked off Facebook and YouTube.

Clips where he talks about the connection between 5G and the virus have been censored on social media but are still accessible online, causing hundreds of thousands of views on Russian YouTube and Facebook accounts.

Bill Gates and microchips

In the world of epidemic conspiracy theorists, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates is not far away.

One of the most widely misunderstood claims is that the epidemic is a grand scheme developed by Bill Gates to inject microchips into humans in addition to the virulence vaccine.

Despite the lack of total evidence to support this theory, its global reach is sufficient. The International Fact Checking Network, IFCN, has a database with Corona Virus Fact Checks from their partner network. This shows that fact-checkers from at least 14 countries have launched local versions of the microchip theory, including Greece, Kazakhstan, the Philippines and Mexico.

A YouTube video from Argentina that supports the idea has 1.3 million views.

 


Another Pakistani Facebook video reiterates this claim and has been viewed about 6650,000 times since it was published in May.

 

Some versions of the theory put their local spin on it. Imaginary microchips in Arabic were dubbed "anti-crust chips" in a video with more than 375,000 views on YouTube and multiple posts on Facebook.

BBC News Brazil has seen a version of the "microchip" theory in Portuguese messages circulating on WhatsApp and Facebook. Users are copying and pasting a portion of the text that opens with the words: "I have to admit, Bill Gates is really a skeptic! It's easy to control submissive people."

The message claims that Bill Gates is finalizing plans for a "stamp-shaped vaccine that goes under the skin" and that it will be used to control them via 5G. Will be linked to profiles.



The combination of microchip theory with 5G conspiracies was promoted in Brazil by Alan Dos Santos, a strong supporter of President Bolsenaro, whose "fake news" is being investigated by the Brazilian Federal Investigation Agency.

In a tweet that has been liked more than 14,000 times, he quoted a Pakistani commentator as saying that Bill Gates wants to inject nano-chips to control the population through 5G. Separating himself fairly from the cases, he included, "Asbird?  It's important to discuss."

Multilingual moderation

Content moderation around the world is outsourced by Facebook to international fact-finding organizations. Rory Smith of First Draft says some regions, such as North America and Europe, have tougher systems than others, which are "fact-checking deserts."

"As an ever increasing number of individuals start to accept these tricks," he cautioned, "this could lead on to an ascent in hesitance to immunization, which in itself could lead on to an alternate worldwide public health crisis." "

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