When Your Friends Fall off the Edge of the Earth
Conspiracy theorists can fall into vicious cycle of alienation and acceptance, pulling them away from society at large and further into the circle of believers.
Shadowland
The Great (Fake) Child-Sex-Trafficking Epidemic
Dispatches from a moral panic
Erdoğan’s War on Truth
In 2016, the Turkish government falsely accused me of planning a coup. Five years later, these charges are still upending my life.
Gossip Bloggers Caught Canoodling With QAnon
Is it ever okay to speculate that Hollywood celebrities are drinking the blood of children?
Maybe You Missed It, but the Internet ‘Died’ Five Years Ago
A conspiracy theory spreading online says the whole internet is now fake. It’s ridiculous, but possibly not that ridiculous?
When the Far Right Picks Fights With a Teen
How Greta Thunberg became the target of a barrage of disinformation and conspiracies.
The Truth Behind the Amazon Mystery Seeds
Why did so many Americans receive strange packages they didn’t think they’d ordered?
The Truth Seekers Are Coming
Conspiracy theorists keep finding new ways to rebrand themselves.
MAGA-land’s Favorite Newspaper
How The Epoch Times became a pro-Trump propaganda machine in an age of plague and insurrection
The Dark Reality of Betting Against QAnon
The conspiracy theory has been tied to real-life danger—but before it entered the mainstream, one man stumbled upon Q in a game of political predictions.