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Did a secret book fuel a witch-hunting frenzy in Europe?

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Did a secret book fuel a witch-hunting frenzy in Europe? (2026, November 1). Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/video/deja-vu-2/2026/11/1/did-a-secret-book-fuel-a-witch-hunting-frenzy-in-europe?traffic_source=rss

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takes no side on a contested political question

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Al Jazeera · 4607 article(s) · 2 correction(s) detected

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Topics

European Nazis

Subjects

European NORP · 2× Adam Abou-Gad PERSON · 1× Alex Roldan PERSON · 1× Alexandra Locke PERSON · 1× Aya Labanieh PERSON · 1× Marcos Bartolome PERSON · 1× Marthe van der Wolf PERSON · 1× Mohamed Hassan PERSON · 1× Nazis NORP · 1× Sonia Bhagat PERSON · 1×

Narrative

- Aya Labanieh (@ayafrankenstein), writer and academic Episode credits: This episode was produced by Mohamed Hassan, Marcos Bartolome, Marthe van der Wolf and Sonia Bhagat and was edited by Alexandra Locke.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-01

🔮 We trace centuries of conspiracy theories – and ask what artificial intelligence could bring next.

2026-11-01 · Al Jazeera

Did a secret book fuel a witch-hunting frenzy in Europe? · assertive framing

Claims (7 extracted, 1 hedged)

In the latest episode of Deja Vu, we trace how new media fuelled conspiracy theories, from European witch-hunts to AI. asserted

media → trace → AI

Here’s how conspiracy theories shaped the last 600 years. asserted

theories → ’ → years

The printing press helped spread European witch-hunts even as it helped usher in the Enlightenment. asserted

it → print → Enlightenment

The Nazis turned radio into a weapon of mass persuasion. asserted

Nazis → turn → persuasion

Social media promised freedom but gave dictators new tools of control. asserted

media → promise → control

We trace centuries of conspiracy theories – and ask what artificial intelligence could bring next. uncertain

intelligence → trace → what

episode → produce → Locke