Internet-Era Conspiracies

The internet does not just spread conspiracy theories; it changes their shape. This hub tracks claims that rely on feeds, screenshots, bots, algorithmic amplification, and synthetic media.

Platform algorithms, bots, AI hoaxes, targeted-individual communities, smartphone claims, and viral pattern-seeking.

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Technology & SurveillanceConfirmed

Cambridge Analytica

A UK-based political consulting firm that harvested Facebook data of up to 87 million users through a personality quiz app, then used the data for psychographic targeting on behalf of the Trump 2016 campaign and Leave.EU.

Fact-checked Apr 202688% confidence

Technology & SurveillanceConfirmed

Social Media Algorithm Manipulation

The theory that social media platforms deliberately design their algorithms to maximize division, radicalization, and addiction for profit, with full knowledge of the psychological and social harm they cause.

Fact-checked Mar 202695% confidence

Technology & SurveillanceConfirmed

Facebook Emotional Manipulation Experiment

Facebook secretly manipulated the news feeds of 689,003 users for one week in January 2012 to test whether emotional contagion could be achieved through social media. Published in PNAS in 2014 without informed consent from subjects.

Fact-checked Apr 2026100% confidence

Technology & SurveillanceConfirmed

Mass Digital Surveillance and Smart Devices

The theory that governments and corporations use smartphones, smart speakers, social media, and other connected devices to conduct mass surveillance on citizens far beyond what is publicly acknowledged.

Fact-checked Mar 2026100% confidence

Technology & SurveillanceUnder Investigation

Havana Syndrome

A cluster of unexplained neurological symptoms reported by US diplomats and intelligence personnel beginning at the US Embassy in Havana, Cuba in 2016, and subsequently at US facilities in China, Russia, Vietnam, Austria, and elsewhere.

Fact-checked Apr 202650% confidence

Technology & SurveillanceDebunked

The Montauk Project

Claims that a secret US military base at Camp Hero in Montauk, New York ran experiments on time travel, mind control, teleportation, and contact with extraterrestrials from 1971 to 1983.

Fact-checked Apr 202697% confidence

Technology & SurveillanceDebunked

The Philadelphia Experiment

The claim that the US Navy conducted an October 1943 experiment at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard that made the destroyer USS Eldridge temporarily invisible and teleported it to Norfolk, Virginia — with horrific effects on crew members.

Fact-checked Apr 202697% confidence

Technology & SurveillancePartially True

Dead Internet Theory

Claims that most online activity is now synthetic bot or AI content controlled to manipulate public perception.

Fact-checked Apr 202668% confidence

Technology & SurveillanceUnsubstantiated

Targeted Individuals and Gang Stalking

Claims by targeted-individual communities that coordinated networks surveil, harass, or electronically attack them.

Fact-checked Apr 202662% confidence

Technology & SurveillanceDebunked

RFID Microchip Tracking Claims

Claims that vaccines, IDs, or consumer goods secretly implant RFID chips for population tracking.

Fact-checked Apr 202695% confidence

Technology & SurveillancePartially True

Smartphones Listening Claims

Claims that smartphones constantly record conversations to serve ads or feed government surveillance.

Fact-checked Apr 202674% confidence

Technology & SurveillanceDebunked

Crisis Event AI Hoax Claims

Claims that real crisis footage, victims, or witnesses are AI-generated fabrications.

Fact-checked Apr 202688% confidence

Technology & SurveillanceUnsubstantiated

Predictive Programming

Claims that elites reveal planned events through movies, television, music, or advertisements before they happen.

Fact-checked Apr 202665% confidence

Technology & SurveillanceUnsubstantiated

2026 Missing Scientists Theory

A current-events claim family alleging that missing or dead scientists in 2026 indicate a coordinated cover-up.

Fact-checked Apr 202660% confidence

Technology & SurveillanceDebunked

AI-Generated Disaster Survivor Hoaxes

Claims that real disaster survivors, victims, or witnesses are AI-generated fabrications, often based on compression artifacts or synthetic-media panic.

Fact-checked Apr 202682% confidence

Technology & SurveillanceUnsubstantiated

Key Bridge Cyberattack Claims

Claims that the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse was caused by a cyberattack or coordinated sabotage rather than the documented ship strike investigation.

Fact-checked Apr 202655% confidence

Technology & SurveillanceUnder Investigation

AI War-Footage Provenance Claims

Claims that conflict footage is AI-generated, staged, or misattributed, sometimes used to deny casualties or assign false blame.

Fact-checked Apr 202670% confidence

Draft Coverage

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Missing Coverage

Coordinated bot panic after crisis events
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Synthetic screenshot attribution claims
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Editorial Notes

Use technical reports, platform documents, regulatory settlements, and security research.
Use extra care for mental-health-adjacent communities and claims targeting private individuals.

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