New research shows how people can improve their reputations by spreading conspiracy theories, especially if they target a ...

CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan reports on the misinformation spreading online about the California wildfires. Special counsel report ...

The misinformation in the Hollywood star’s ubiquitous food delivery–app commercial cannot be permitted to spread.

The fires are causing massive physical devastation. The social media response to them could be destroying democracy.

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Conspiracy theories offer alternative explanations for events, often claiming that powerful groups operate in secret to manipulate outcomes for personal gain, sometimes at the expense of the ...

The “Pizzagate” gunman who sprayed a round of bullets at a pizza restaurant in Washington, D.C. in 2016, after traveling hundreds of miles to “self-investigate” a conspiracy theory, has been shot dead ...

At the time of Welch’s death, the conspiracy theories around the Pizzagate saga extended to rumors that he was the brother of Hailey Welch aka The Hawk Tuah girl. The Pizzagate theory was ...

Baffling conspiracy theories link the devastating wildfires raging through Los Angeles with the recent spate of mass drone sightings in the nation. At least 10 people have died in the fires ...

But online, as L.A. residents share mutual aid links, rescue efforts, and pleas for help, the fires are a ripe topic for misinformation and conspiracy theories. With less than two weeks before ...

It involved the bogus conspiracy theory that Comet Ping Pong, a Washington pizza restaurant, was a hub for a child sex trafficking ring involving Clinton -- who ran for US president in 2016 -- and ...

Though they boast a 15-2 record heading into the playoffs, the Kansas City Chiefs' road to an unprecedented third consecutive Super Bowl has been rocky. Exactly the way Travis Kelce prefers. As ...