Articles By
Katherine M. FitzGerald
Research Note
#SaveTheChildren: A pilot study of a social media movement co-opted by conspiracy theorists
Katherine M. FitzGerald and Timothy Graham
In a preliminary analysis of 121,984 posts from X (formerly known as Twitter) containing the hashtag #SaveTheChildren, we found that conspiratorial posts received more engagement than authentic hashtag activism between January 2022 and March 2023. Conspiratorial posts received twice the number of reposts as non-conspiratorial content.