It has been a busy few days for World Cup conspiracy theorists. First came the decision to suspend Folarin Balogun’s red-card ...

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Tangherlini sees narratives like these, and the many other conspiracies that are rife in today's internet culture, as a type of modern-day folklore. As a computational folklorist, he uses AI tools to ...

Have you ever tried to convince a conspiracy theorist that the moon landing wasn't staged? You likely didn't succeed, but ChatGPT might have better luck, according to research by MIT Sloan School of ...

Even in the face of overwhelming evidence, false narratives can be incredibly sticky. Many people insist that the earth is flat, that childhood vaccines cause autism, or that climate change is a hoax, ...

The Republican online ecosystem has gone into overdrive ahead of the first US presidential debate. Lawmakers and influencers are pushing wild conspiracy theories about President Joe Biden, and instead ...

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Disinformation and conspiracies spun out of control last week when police departments raided college campuses across the country during pro-Palestinian protests. Campus protests over the war in Gaza ...

The truth, as it often is, was less strange than many had thought. After weeks of frenzied conspiracies about why Catherine, Princess of Wales, had been so long out of the public eye, she revealed the ...

Authorities have not yet shared a motive behind a fatal incident that took place at Mar-a-Lago early Sunday morning. Federal and local law enforcement shot dead a 21-year-old man from North Carolina.

As Maui reckons with one of the deadliest wildfires in recent U.S. history, it is also dealing with a digital nightmare that has become common around major news stories: social media-fueled conspiracy ...