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Labour MPs Say Government Must Do More To Tackle Digital ID Conspiracy Theories

Labour MPs have expressed concern that the government is not doing enough to combat the spread online of conspiracy theories about plans to ... Read More

More people believe in conspiracy theories than you might think

Unsurprisingly, most of the respondents (95%) had heard about the assassination attempt. However, a significant number of people had also already been exposed to one of the conspiracy theories: 41% ... Read More

Former Republican election official buys Dominion Voting — a target of 2020 conspiracy theories

Voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems, a target of false conspiracy theories since the 2020 election, has been bought by a firm run by a former Republican elections official. Read More

Kash Patel tries to correct MAGA conspiracy theories he once stoked — again

For the second time this year, FBI Director Kash Patel has stepped forward to correct claims about a MAGA conspiracy theory he once played a key role in promoting. For the second time this year, he ... Read More

The latest Republican conspiracy theory about the FBI and Jan. 6 starts to unravel

Republicans are claiming that the FBI was caught “spying” on congressional Republicans and “tapping” their phones. That’s really not what happened. Read More

What Is the ‘Med Bed’ Conspiracy Theory Trump Promoted?

Donald Trump posted a clip promoting new “med bed” hospitals. These hospitals, an apparently AI version of Trump promised in the video, would be “equipped with the most advanced technology in the ... Read More

Trump shares apparent AI video promoting ‘medbed’ conspiracy theory

President Donald Trump on Saturday shared an apparently artificially created video of himself promoting a cure-all bed with origins in conspiratorial corners of the internet. The video, which has ... Read More