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The Horrific WhatsApp Rumor Mill Fueling Brooklyn’s COVID Backlash
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Chat threads full of coronavirus nonsense help explain how pandemic restriction protests got so ugly.
William Bredderman
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Oct. 14 2020
4:34AM EDT
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William Bredderman
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