Security experts have warned marginalised Australians are at risk of adopting conspiracy theories amid the coronavirus pandemic | AnnaPattySMH
Riccardo Bosi doesn't trust many people. But he has faith in his belief the government has over-reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic, that masks don't stop the spread of the coronavirus, the 5G mobile network is a surveillance tool of the Chinese government, and vaccines can be ineffective.
"The reason we started the party was because I didn't trust anybody, literally. The only person I trust is me myself, my wife and a small team around me," Mr Bosi said.Australian security experts including Lydia Khalil and Joshua Roose from Deakin University have warned that extreme conspiracy groups including QAnon have promoted false theories that the pandemic was either a deep-state plot, a hoax, or a Chinese bio-weapon.
"There is a lot of anger in the community and there are a lot of quite reasonable people who have lost it and ranting on Facebook about conspiracies. I think it is the impact of having been in some form of lockdown for the best part of six months."
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