Instead of targeting conspiracy theories and hoaxes, Trump has unleashed the phrase against mainstream media coverage with which he disagrees in an attempt to blur the boundaries between respectable media outlets and purveyors of deception and to delegitimize portions of the American media that dare to criticize him in any way.
Japan has passed a controversial law targeting conspiracies to commit terrorism and other serious crimes, despite a warning by the UN that it could be used to crack down on civil liberties.
If you ignore factual or scientific evidence because it is at odds with your worldview, you're an easy target for conspiracy theories ― regardless of your political affiliation or intelligence (see: anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists against Genetically Modified Organisms, climate change deniers and 9-11 "Truthers").
Meanwhile, a New York restaurant has become the latest target of conspiracy theorists.
The annual assembly that brings together politicians, business leaders, media moguls, top academics and even royalty is a favorite target of conspiracy theorists for whom secretive equals sinister.
The case has become a target of conspiracy theories and anger in far-right circles, in part because of its unproven connections to terrorism.
The computer algorithms likely detected visual similarities between yesterday's fire and the 9/11 tragedy — which is frequently a target of conspiracy theories on the service.
The Rothschild family founded banking houses across Europe in the early 1800s, and they have been a favorite target of conspiracy theorists ever since.
Ms. Bass, who attended Mr. Trump's rally Friday afternoon in Huntington, W.Va., said she believed the president's claims that the migrant caravan heading toward the United States from Central America was being funded by American liberals — probably, she said, by George Soros, the Jewish billionaire who has been the target of conspiracy theorists for weeks.
Hours after the Texas shooting in a Baptist church Sunday morning, viral claims spread on a number of social media platforms that Kelley was associated with "antifa", the anti-fascist movement that is frequently the target of conspiracy theories promoted by far-right propagandists.
