Oregon leads U.S. in armed militia interest, is breeding ground for ‘FEMA concentration camps’ conspiracy theory: report
Updated Feb 24, 2021;
Posted Feb 24, 2021
Donald Trump supporters break into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. A new report tracked violence-related internet searches in the months before the insurrection. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/TNS)TNS
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In the run-up to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Oregon led all states in per-capita internet searches for “armed groups” and conspiracy theories.
This data comes from Moonshot CVE, an anti-extremism tech company that, from September to December 2020, tracked internet disinformation and threats of violence that were linked to the U.S. presidential election.