Posts about baseless theories — ranging from celebrity involvement to secret government weapons — have racked up millions of views. Despite fact-checking efforts, researchers say conspiracies ...

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Conspiracy theories like these have run rampant over the years. Scientists have directed considerable scrutiny in their direction to understand their characteristics, why people find them ...

Hot off the announcement that Meta is doing away with fact checkers, social media has been ablaze with conspiracy theories and AI generated images and videos. The Department of Homeland Security ...

But the infernos, which are still raging, have also sparked a slew of wild and unhinged conspiracy theories online. From protecting P Diddy and enriching billionaires to an act of war and a ...

Is anything real in Severance? Honestly, though, I was more intrigued by two of the theories that the show's stars didn't quickly shoot down as being illogical or mistaken. The first, because it ...

Rumor and speculation about the disaster began to swirl online like glowing embers, before eventually becoming a wild blaze of vast conspiracy theories. “Cutting fact checkers from social ...

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The fires are causing massive physical devastation. The social media response to them could be destroying democracy. By Steven Zeitchik Senior Editor, Awards When Hurricanes Milton and Helene ...

Bizarre theories like these are damaging not just because they misconstrue the nature of American governance or assail overseas targets, but because they undermine our society’s capacity to self ...