Pizzagate conspiracy theory
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"Pizzagate" is a conspiracy theory that went viral during the 2016 United States presidential election cycle, falsely claiming that the New York City Police Department had discovered a pedophile ring
The pizzeria, Comet Ping Pong, was threatened by hundreds of people who believed in the Pizzagate conspiracy theory.
Politics and Prose was among some of the D.C. businesses that were also harassed due to the Pizzagate conspiracy theory.
Pizzagate protester
Comet Ping Pong community messages
Markus Persson
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Markus Alexej Persson, also known by the pseudonym Notch, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is the creator of Minecraft, the best-selling video game in history. He founded the video
Pizzagate conspiracy theory
…Other promoters included David Seaman, former writer for TheStreet.com, CBS46 anchor Ben Swann, basketball player Andrew Bogut, and Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson, as well as the German edition of The Epoch Times, a far-right Falun Gong-associated newspaper. On December 30, as Bogut recovered from a knee injury…
Persson at the 2016 Game Developers Conference
Persson at the Game Developers Conference 2011