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The paper investigates the structure of digital communication among corona-sceptic groups on Telegram. Starting from the local group "Querdenken 753," it analyzes a communicative network that connects the anti-lockdown protests with a large number of Telegram accounts, ranging from news sources over conspirational to extremist channels. Criticizing the "mainstream" media, science and politics, the arguments and framing strategies in this network imitate but also parody how information, facts and truth are negotiated in public discourse.
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Boris Holzer (2021) studied this question.