Today, unfounded theories saturate the internet, each more far-fetched than the next: Pizzagate, QAnon, Ruth Bader Ginsburg dying and liberals putting her body double on the Supreme Court. So huge is the burst of conspiracism that in June 2019, the FBI released a bulletin calling it a security risk. “Based on the increased volume and reach of conspiratorial content due to modern communication methods, it is logical to assume that more extremist-minded individuals will be exposed to potentially harmful conspiracy theories, accept ones that are favorable to their views, and possibly carry out
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