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The Miami police showed up in force to respond to a disturbance at a downtown open-air mall on New Year’s Day after reports of teens brawling and setting off fireworks, ultimately arresting four individuals between the ages of 14 and 16.
But with footage of the chaos and dozens of cop cars lined up alongside Bayside Market making the rounds online in the following days, it wasn’t long before a cohort of conspiracists had invented a very different story befitting The X-Files.
On Friday, “Miami Mall” trended on X (formerly Twitter), a platform that owner Elon Musk has said
“needs to become by far the most accurate source of information about
the world.” But the top posts were from misinformation and conspiracy
theory accounts — many favored by the site’s algorithm thanks to their
paid verification badges — speculating that the heavy police presence
indicated a government coverup. Of what, you ask? Oh, probably some
10-foot aliens
and/or shadow creatures. The term “Nephilim,” referring to mysterious
beings mentioned in the Hebrew Bible who are sometimes portrayed as
giants or fallen angels, also briefly trended on X, though video of such
characters were hard to come by....<<<Read More>>>...