Google searches for PizzaGate have skyrocketed. TikTok posts with the #PizzaGate hashtag have been viewed more than 82 million times in recent months. PizzaGate is reaching a level that nearly exceeds its 2016 fever pitch, according to an analysis by The New York Times. вЂњBut now there is so much scaffolding from people who have researched it, it wasnвЂ™t hard for others to pick up from there.вЂќ вЂњPizzaGate never went away because it encompasses very potent forces,вЂќ including childrenвЂ™s safety and the power of elites, said Alice Marwick, a disinformation expert at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Within days, searches for вЂњJustin and PizzaGateвЂќ soared on Google, and the hashtag #savebieber started trending. BieberвЂ™s social media posts asking him if he was safe.

Fans then left thousands of comments on Mr. The videos were translated into Spanish, Portuguese and other languages, amassing millions of views. Viewers quickly uploaded hundreds of videos online analyzing Mr. But the pop starвЂ™s innocuous gesture set off a flurry of online activity, which highlighted the resurgence of one of social mediaвЂ™s early conspiracy theories. Thousands of comments were flooding in, and there was no evidence that Mr. Bieber to touch his hat if he had been a victim of a child-trafficking ring known as PizzaGate. In the video, someone had posted a comment asking Mr. For some of his 130 million followers, it was a signal. WASHINGTON - Four minutes into a video that was posted on Instagram last month, Justin Bieber leaned into the camera and adjusted the front of his black knit beanie.

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