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The Integral Role Conspiracies Play in Far-Right Violence
This researcher says we have to stop ignoring the role Alex Jones and other online theorists play in extremism.
The 'Pizzagate' Shooter Is Going to Prison
Edgar Welch was given a four-year sentence Thursday after a bogus conspiracy theory led to an all-too-real scare at a DC restaurant.
Would You Pay To Fix Fake News?
Wikipedia's co-founder thinks you’ll pay for crowdsourced journalism that's free of fake news.
How a Mural Sparked a Pizzagate Theory That Threatened an Artist’s Life
Over half a decade ago Arrington de Dionyso painted a mural in Comet Ping Pong, a year later it was painted over, and now, six years on, conspiracy theorists have started threatening his life because of it.
Alex Jones Is Very, Very Sorry for That Pizzagate Stuff
One day after Jones apologized for his role in the conspiracy that ended with three bullet holes in the roof of a pizzeria, true believers made their way to DC for a rally.
Some of the Most Terrible People from the Internet in 2016
Between the Alt-Right Sis and the vlogger's boyfriend, it's been a particularly dire year online.
This 'Pizzagate' Art Was Made While High on Infowars' Brain Drugs
Artist Michael Green made political art out of #Pizzagate while under the influence of BrainForce, a neural activation drug purchased on Infowars.com.
The Pizzagate Shooter Could Face Up to Ten Years in Prison
Edgar Maddison Welch has been hit with a federal weapons charge after he stormed into a DC pizzeria with a military-grade assault rifle to investigate an online conspiracy theory.
Brooklyn Pizzeria Roberta’s Is the Latest Victim of the Insane Pizzagate Hoax
A Roberta’s employee told police that when they answered the phone, a voice on the other end said, “You are going to bleed and be tortured.” But wait, there's more.