Conspiracy theories

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Looming apocalypse. Paranoid conspiracies. Rocket-obsessed oligarchs. As Thomas Pynchon’s novel turns 50, its world feels unnervingly present.

Police have called for an end to the online conspiracy theories surrounding the disappearance of Nicola Bulley. The force have also expressed their disappointment at the “damaging commentary” that the case is attracting on…

A fortune-teller dubbed the modern-day Nostradamus says internet sleuths have accused him of being an “Illuminati elitist and messenger of the Antichrist” after a series of correct predictions. Athos Salomé’s correct…

The friend of a woman who went missing in a river – like police suspect Nicola Bulley has – has opened up about the “horrible” three-month period before she was found. Lisa Scholz, 33, also slammed online “conspiracy…

It used to be someone who stepped into the fray. Now, it can be anyone.

A mysterious social media user who claims to be a ‘time traveller‘ has issued a warning claiming “all of the world’s governments will be infiltrated by aliens” in May 2023. Aery Yormany, who posts online under…

The “new Nostradamus” has made a terrifying claim a plane crash will spark World War 3 this year. Craig Hamilton-Parker, who has been dubbed the “new Nostradamus” after correctly predicting the Queen’s death,…

Messages show Twitter’s past leaders struggling with a tough moderation call with political overtones. Musk is now on the hook for such decisions himself.