Conspiracy news & views from all angles, up-to-the-minute and uncensored
QAnon and related conspiracy theories like Pizzagate
Last week far-right extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the results of the November presidential election, which was certified by all 50 states and deemed “the most secure in American history” by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security
Read More
Placeholder while article actions load In 1962, some of America’s most influential conservatives met to talk about a growing threat: the rise of paranoid conspiracy theories on the right. Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) was thinking about running for president. A
Read More
Thanks to Trump, an array of armed white supremacist militias, conspiracy cults like QAnon, antigovernment “Patriot” movements, neo-Nazis, and garden-variety MAGA boosters have found common cause. The president’s Big Lie about a stolen election, which he, along with most GOP
Read More
Online supporters of President Donald Trump are scattering to smaller social media platforms, fleeing what they say is unfair treatment by Facebook, Twitter and other big tech firms looking to squelch misinformation and threats of violence. The efforts by those
Read More
Ms. Hayden, Mr. McGee and Mr. Panayides shared an entrepreneurial streak. They expressed a desire for connection with others and sought to achieve it online. But their attempts at conventional influencing (via modeling, reality television, running a small business and
Read More
While much of America watched a mob of Trump supporters overrun police and break into the halls of Congress Wednesday afternoon, members of the far right chatted up an imaginary narrative of what was really going on. After weeks of
Read More
Topline After years of what critics have charged to be insufficient efforts to rein in misinformation and hate speech online, Facebook, Twitter and a host of other social media companies sprang to action following the takeover of the U.S. Capitol,
Read More
Topline Amid an ongoing effort by Google to counter the deluge of misinformation and conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic, the tech giant said Tuesday it will devote up to $3 million to back fact-checking initiatives to counter vaccine misinformation,
Read More