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Tech firms must crack down on mad conspiracy theories destroying society

Updated 2 days ago
CNN
New York Post
2 articles2 sources
Summary

This isn’t only a problem for social media companies. It is a problem for our democracy. And it is one we need to tackle. This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.

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This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources. Sources in this event include CNN, New York Post.

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Facts compete with conspiracy theories after WHCD attack | CNN Politics
CNN
CNN
Left
4/27/2026

Facts compete with conspiracy theories after WHCD attack

No sooner had a gunman tried to storm the ballroom of the Washington Hilton, where the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was taking place Saturday night, than social media was awash with conspiracy theories about what was still unfolding in real time. From the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore in.

This photograph shows a set up smart-phone screen displaying the logo of main social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Reddit, Telegram, X, Bluesky, Tiktok and Whatsapp in Saint-Mande, east of Paris, on April 29, 2026. (Photo by Martin LELIEVRE / AFP via Getty Images)
New York Post
New York Post
Lean Right
5/1/2026

Tech firms must crack down on mad conspiracy theories destroying society

If you need more proof of how deranging our times have become just consider this. The number of times the word “staged” was used in the hours after the White House Correspondents Association dinner shooting last Saturday. This isn´t only a problem for social media companies. It is a problem for our democracy. And it.