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Grave peril of digital conspiracy theories: ‘What happens when no one believes anything anymore?’

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WASHINGTON Days after Maui's wildfires killed scores of people and destroyed thousands of homes last August, a shocking claim spread with alarming speed on YouTube and TikTok: The blaze on the Hawaiian island was set deliberately, using futuristic energy weapons…[Continue Reading...]

An Exasperated Pentagon Responds to the Taylor Swift Conspiracy Theories

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If you’re totally compos mentis, you already know that the right-wing conspiracy theories about Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Joe Biden, Super Bowl LVIII, and the 2024 election do not have any basis in reality. Nevertheless, given that they’re absolutely gripping…[Continue Reading...]

Secret history: Even before the revolution, America was a nation of conspiracy theorists

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A brutal conflict in Europe was fresh in people’s minds and the race for the White House turned ugly as talk of secret societies and corruption roiled the United States. It was 1800, and conspiracy theories were…[Continue Reading...]

Innovative but inflexible: The paradox of conspiracy theory language

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Are conspiracy theories popular because of their creativity? A new study suggests that certain common elements present in conspiracy theory narratives might help explain the successful spread of these beliefs. Publishing their work in the Journal of Creative Behavior, researchers…[Continue Reading...]

Cancelled? No, Russell Brand’s coining it: He dines at the local Ivy barefoot in a kimono. And he’s turned the village pub into an HQ pumping out online conspiracy theories that earn him millions…

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Lunchtime at the Crown Inn near Stonor in Oxfordshire and the pub looks busy enough. Indeed there is a gathering of young people here — but nobody is sitting at the polished wooden bar, and there are no beer barrels…[Continue Reading...]

Super Bowl Conspiracy Theory roundup: Taylor Swift, logo colors and more

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In times of chaos, conspiracy theories flourish, suggesting that there’s some dark order to the chaos swirling around us. Conspiracy theories are comforting, suggesting that at least someone is in control of all this madness. For sports fans, they’re especially…[Continue Reading...]

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