People who left QAnon said that they knew it wasn’t what it claimed to be but the narratives sucked them back in.
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How can technology be used to help people leave conspiracy movements? A technologist for Google weighs in.
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Today’s episode features Yasmin Green, the director of research and development for Jigsaw, a unit within Google that works to use technology to solve global security challenges. Listen to the full episode.
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