Archived How QAnon fueled a hoax about Oprah being arrested (motherjones.com)
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[–] derram ago
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'When asked for comment about its role in spreading the hoax, Twitter declined to comment. '
'Even if a hoax is stemmed on YouTube, there’s nothing to keep it from going viral on Facebook or Twitter. '
'It all seemed to begin late on Monday night when, according to YouTube video metadata, a middling poster who frequently uploads outlandish and bizarre video hoaxes that usually get little to no attention uploaded two clips. '
'She was responding to baseless claims that she had been arrested in a police raid for running a child sex trafficking ring that went viral and started trending on Twitter. '
'Those messages drove it up Twitter’s trending section, where in the evening it was finally debunked by journalists, discerning Twitter users, and Winfrey herself. '
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