OAKLAND, Calif. -- YouTube is following the lead of Twitter and Facebook, saying that it is taking more steps to limit QAnon and other baseless conspiracy theories that can lead to real-world violence ...

Conspiracy theories are everywhere, and they can involve just about anything. But if hidden forces really are at work in the world, how is someone to know what’s really going on? That’s where my ...

During the 2025 Grammy Awards on Sunday night, Miley Cyrus slipped up by reigniting a conspiracy theory about her fellow ...

A mix of technology and politics has given an unprecedented boost to once-fringe ideas—but they are pretty much the same fantasies that have been spreading for hundreds of years. The timing was eerie.

Researchers say QAnon has grown rapidly in recent months. In the span of President Donald Trump's term in office, the far-right fringe culture known as QAnon has made its way from cryptic posts on ...

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 ...

Two dozen Massachusetts Trinitarios gang members were charged with a slew of federal offenses on Tuesday, including charges in connection with six murders and 11 attempted murders over the past decade ...

University of Hull provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The focus of the fightback by Trump’s supporters is in Miami, where a Trump-appointed US attorney, Jason A. Reding Quiñones, has ...