"What happened to Michael LaVaughn Robinson AKA Big Mike?" says a June 14, 2023 tweet from Simon Goddek, whose account was previously suspended for spreading misinformation about Covid-19. The post includes two photos of Barack and Michelle Obama, one recent and one older. [...] Read more
Peter Hotez is in the headlines again. It isn’t his first rodeo, but I can’t imagine the past few days have been easy. A vaccine researcher and tropical diseases expert, he became a household name for his ability to communicate clearly during the COVID pandemic and for cutting through the noise — especially that of charlatans peddling […]
‘Project Kemi’ is the name of an operation led by Yevgeny Prigozhin’s teams. Between 2018 and 2019, the founder of the NGO Urgences panafricanistes was at the heart of the strategy to influence Africa led by the head of the Wagner nebula. Kemi Seba’s name appears in dozens of internal documents detailing the contours of […]
Within the past three years, Telegram has become the most important platform for conspiracy ideologues and right-wing extremists in German-speaking countries. Using this messaging service, numerous channels reach hundreds of thousands of people every day – and for some messages, the number of views is in the millions. The messaging service was used, for example, […]
"Look at what they're doing with their own people!" In his address to the nation on February 21, Vladimir Putin accused the West of having made pedophilia "the norm." A wild attack typical of the Kremlin leader, but one which resonated with the most far-out conspiracy circles, such as the QAnon community which spreads disinformation […]
Filtering cars from city streets to reduce emissions and protect residents from harmful air pollution is a no-brainer for environmentalists. But traffic calming measures in Oxford, England have become an unlikely flashpoint in the last few weeks, with some protesters claiming they will lead to a “climate lockdown.” The conspiracy theory concerning 15-minute cities - […]
There is an open question among pundits and researchers: Do more Americans believe in conspiracy theories now than ever before? But as a scholar of conspiracy theories and their believers, I am concerned that focusing on how many Americans believe conspiracy theories can distract from their dangers. Even if most people dismiss conspiracy theories or […]
