# Conspiracy Theories
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This year
2024
Twitterer
How Elon Musk has courted Ireland's far-right by taking aim at the government's hate speech laws
10 Feb
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Last year
2023
FACTCHECK
Major analysis shows how Irish disinformation ecosystem has been 'co-opted by far-right actors'
20 Nov 2023
16.9k
THE MORNING LEAD
Anti-immigration groups use Israel-Gaza violence to push antisemitism and Islamophobia online
Updated
15 Nov 2023
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FACTCHECK
Lasers, ‘magic trees’ and Simpsons predictions: False claims about Maui wildfires spread online
25 Aug 2023
487
THE MORNING LEAD
The 15-minute city: how Ireland's conspiracy theorists grew to fear an urban planning concept
26 Feb 2023
35.4k
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nicola bulley
Social media has 'distracted significantly' in Nicola Bulley investigation, say police
15 Feb 2023
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All time
Voices
Opinion: How conspiracy communities are using predictable tactics to spread falsehoods about RSV
Aoife Gallagher and Clara Martiny
11 Dec 2022
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Conspiracy Theories
Mysterious Georgia Guidestones monument demolished after being bombed by vandals
7 Jul 2022
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sandy hook
Conspiracy website Infowars files for bankruptcy as Alex Jones faces libel lawsuits
19 Apr 2022
18.0k
'They're not going to go away': Where does Ireland's anti-lockdown movement go next?
30 Jan 2022
62.2k
Covid sceptics
'Violent rhetoric' within Irish anti-lockdown movement 'should not be underestimated' - report
15 Dec 2021
36.4k
Voices
Opinion: First rule of social media? Don’t engage with The Horrible People
Aoife Gallagher
Updated
18 Jun 2021
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FACTCHECK
The Explainer: From influencers to QAnon - how misinformation changed in Ireland over the past year
15 Apr 2021
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qanon
Republicans say they will stand by congresswoman who supported bizarre conspiracy theories
4 Feb 2021
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far-right protests
'The Infodemic': Ireland's weak far-right hopes to gain from online conspiracies and misinformation
19 Sep 2020
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illuminati confirmed
Here's why you might never fall down a YouTube conspiracy theory rabbit hole again
30 Jan 2019
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THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE
11 bizarre celebrity conspiracy theories that you'll probably lose hours to
25 Mar 2017
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kyle odom
Shooting suspect with 'Martian master race' manifesto arrested at White House
9 Mar 2016
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