How misreading Google Trends is fuelling Bondi attack conspiracy theories

Google Trends results for attackers’ names from before an attack are increasingly (and incorrectly) being used as evidence of conspiracies.

Teenage preacher to alleged mass killer: Bondi attack suspect's background emerges

Standing in the rain outside a suburban Sydney train station, seventeen-year-old Naveed Akram stares into the camera and urges those watching to spread the word of Islam.
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