Conspiracy Theories

IRS initiates safety probe after extremist rhetoric and conspiracy claims about giving guns to tax employees

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Defense for some Capitol rioters: election misinformation

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Black doctors combat COVID-19 misinformation on Clubhouse

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called to resign over Parkland shooting conspiracy

Freshman Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is facing calls to resign after a resurfaced Facebook post revealed that she agreed
/ January 22, 2021
Florida teacher antifa Capitol thegrio.com

Florida teacher fired after telling students antifa breached Capitol

Spouting baseless conspiracy theories is bad enough if you are a private citizen. But if you’re an educator, it may
/ January 14, 2021
QAnon banned Twitter thegrio.com

Twitter removes thousands of QAnon conspiracy accounts

Twitter has made moves lately to keep harassment and disinformation from spreading on its platform. To that end, the social
/ July 22, 2020

Social media thinks Wayfair is part of a child trafficking operation

Wayfair, the American online furniture retailer, is being accused of child trafficking and money laundering. A post on a subreddit
/ July 11, 2020

Widower of woman in Trump conspiracy theory tweets asks Twitter CEO to delete them

As we all know, President Donald Trump loves Twitter and uses the social media platform often to state his feelings
/ May 26, 2020

No, COVID-19 TRACE Act doesn’t remove people from their homes

Legislation proposed by House Democrats that would provide billions of dollars toward mobile testing for COVID-19, has in recent weeks
/ May 15, 2020

5G conspiracy theories fueled by targeted disinformation

You’ve heard it. The rollout of 5G, the fifth generation of technologies to support cellular networks, is behind the coronavirus.
/ April 17, 2020