Conspiracy Theories

Conspiracy theories – history, news, commentary, extreme beliefs and the factors that shape them

Climate Change

When the Great Resist conspiracy conference came to the North East

David Glass -
The Great Resist meeting, and its touring band of conspiracy theorists, brought their antivax rhetoric and trans-panic messaging to Gateshead
Chemtrails

How concerned should we be about the UK’s geoengineering trials?

Michael Marshall -
As the UK endures a summer of extreme heatwaves, a controversial geoengineering trial investigates technical solutions to the climate crisis.
Chemtrails

The amateur activists trying to fight chemtrails… with warmed vinegar

Michael Marshall -
Groups of conspiracy theorists concerned about chemtrails have come up with a novel 'solution': using warm vinegar to bust the clouds
Flat Earth

Dear people of TikTok: I, the editor of The Skeptic, am obviously not a flat earther

Michael Marshall -
Millions of TikTokers viewed claims that all pilots know the earth is flat... except, I'm the person in the videos, and that's not what I said
Conspiracy Theories

‘Jewtlantis’ isn’t a utopian vision – it is AI slop with an antisemitic tinge

Aaron Rabinowitz -
Jewtlantis – the AI-generated vision of a CyberZionist utopia – only serves to reinforce all manner of antisemitic conspiracy theories
Alternative Medicine

Latest studies map conspiracy theories in Brazil and Latin America

Cesar Baima -
Conspiracy theories have spread like wildfire across Latin America, according to researchers whose tools scrape Telegram to document viral misinformation
Conspiracy Theories

The Tartarian conspiracy: a silly pseudo-archaeology for our serious times

Dave Hahn -
According to the Tartaria conspiracy theory, an ancient civilisation built the Chrysler Building before dying off in a great flood
Conspiracy Theories

Who runs the world? According to conspiracy theorists, it’s Beyoncé

Pai Jing Wen -
The rumours and conspiracy theories about Beyoncé's rise to the top tell us a lot about how society reacts to women having power and agency
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