Pizzagate
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B.C. businessman Frank Giustra’s lawsuit against Twitter can proceed, court rulesTwitter had filed an application asking the B.C. Supreme Court to decline jurisdiction in favour of California, where the company is headquartered.CrimeDec 10, 2021
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Trump says QAnon conspiracy theorists are people who ‘love our country‘The cult-like conspiracy theory imagines Trump as a holy warrior against a vast cabal of Satan-worshiping, child-abusing global elites.TrendingAug 20, 2020
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Trump backs Marjorie Taylor Greene, QAnon believer on a path to CongressThe Georgia Republican is poised to become the first elected supporter of QAnon, a wild and baseless conspiracy theory.TrendingAug 12, 2020
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‘The devil’s laws’: Florida Christians fight mask rule at wild meetingOne critic compared the county meeting to the comments section on YouTube after locals pushed several baseless conspiracy theories.TrendingJun 25, 2020
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FBI eyes conspiracy theories as domestic threat for the first timeThe FBI wrote that “anti-government, identity based, and fringe political conspiracy theories very likely motivate some domestic extremists, wholly or in part, to engage in criminal or violent activity.”CanadaAug 2, 2019
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How a toxic ‘fight club’ of internet trolls enabled the New Zealand mosque shootingThe mosque shooting in New Zealand emerged from the same toxic corner of the internet that fuelled massacres in Pittsburgh, Quebec City and Toronto.WorldMar 23, 2019
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Trudeau slams Scheer over response to town hall question about ‘Pizzagate’ conspiracyTrudeau criticized Scheer over his response to a man who invoked the "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory at a town hall in Kitchener, Ont. this week.CanadaMar 9, 2019
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Andrew Scheer says he didn’t challenge ‘pizzagate’ comment because he didn’t hear itFuelled by conspiracy theorists, the debunked "pizzagate" rumour gained such traction that it led a gunman to fire an assault weapon inside a Washington pizzeria in 2016.CanadaMar 8, 2019
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QAnon: Behind the conspiracy theory cropping up at Trump ralliesSupports of an online conspiracy theory known as QAnon are starting to show up at Trump rallies, where they tout their fringe movement with T-shirts and placards.Aug 2, 2018
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Intentionally or not, big brands help fund fake newsWittingly or not, major global corporations are helping fund sites that traffic in fake news by advertising on them.WorldJan 28, 2017
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