The discovery of an illegal lab in California unleashed a firestorm of conspiracy theories about China purportedly trying to engineer biological weapons in rural America.
Updating results
Several legal experts highlighted this as perhaps the most troubling threat to U.S. democratic institutions.
Business
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is denying that he traffics in racist and hateful online conspiracy theories, testifying at a House hearing on government censorship despite requests from outside groups to disinvite him. Republicans who called the Thursday hearing, hope to elevate Kennedy, who is mounting a long[shot Democratic challenge to President Joe Biden. They rejected requests to cancel the appearance. Republicans claim conservatives are unfairly targeted by technology companies working with the government to stem the spread of disinformation online. Big Tech companies deny GOP claims of an anti-conservative bias.
Millions have been convinced that any election in which their preferred candidate loses was somehow rigged.
Ellis acknowledged making 10 "misrepresentations" on television and Twitter during Trump's fight to stay in power.
A growing online conspiracy theory is using the tagline “died suddenly” to baselessly claim that COVID-19 vaccines are killing people.
Justice Minister Dilan Yesilgöz-Zegerius cited the incident to urge parliament to approve a pending bill explicitly banning Holocaust denial.
High-profile problems involving electronic pollbooks have opened the door for those peddling election conspiracies.
Conspiracy theories have roots deep in history. As Alex Jones proved, there's a lot of money to be made in spreading them, no matter how outlandish.
Supporters of former President Donald Trump are pushing for election reform. More specifically, the way votes are counted.
A new report has found that support for conspiracies surged alongside the rise in COVID-19 infections.
To be clear, readily repeatable experiments show the Earth is round. Yet the flat-Earth conspiracy theory continues to grow. Now experts are w…
With a pair of weekend retweets, President Donald Trump amplified another unfounded conspiracy theory.