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From printing presses to Facebook feeds: What yesterday’s witch hunts have in common with today’s misinformation crisis

  • Written by Julie Walsh, Whitehead Associate Professor of Critical Thought and Associate Professor of Philosophy, Wellesley College
From printing presses to Facebook feeds: What yesterday’s witch hunts have in common with today’s misinformation crisisAn illustration from 'The History of Witches and Wizards,' published in 1720, depicting witches offering wax dolls to the devil.Wellcome Collection/Wikimedia Commons

Between 1400 and 1780, an estimated 100,000 people, mostly women, were prosecuted for witchcraft in Europe. About half that number were executed – killings motivated by a...

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