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20 April 2017 "Operation Gotham Shield" led to a predictable uptick in false flag and nuclear apocalypse rumors, but the long-planned preparedness training was neither secret nor suspicious.
13 December 2016 A conspiracy site claimed that the astronaut tweeted — then deleted — a dire warning that humanity was in "danger" from "evil itself" in Antarctica.
Updated Conspiracy-oriented web sites claimed that the U.S. defense readiness alert level was quietly raised to "DEFCON 3" in mid-June 2016.
13 September 2016 Conspiracy theory holds that Hillary Clinton was reported dead on 11 September 2016, but the news was subsequently covered up and she was replaced by a body double.
17 June 2016 A false flag conspiracy about the Orlando shooting held that Google News carried word of the incident several hours before it actually took place.
27 May 2016 An article reporting that Paris was "under siege by Muslims" came from a fearmongering site that only publishes misinformation.
9 May 2016 A habitual purveyor of misinformation leveraged the tragic suicide of an ICE agent to make outlandish and false claims about his death.
26 April 2016 A conspiracy-oriented web site claimed that that Earth's magnetosphere "COLLAPSED" for two hours, but NASA confirmed the incident was a software glitch — and that such fluctuations aren't doomsday events.
29 March 2016 A few disreputable web sites falsely claimed that Muslims in San Bernardino County fired on hikers while shouting "Allahu Akbar."
1 March 2016 A fear mongering article attempted to link an alleged "carbon monoxide spike" with an earthquake prediction.
25 February 2016 Photos that claim to show the effects of the Fukushima nuclear disaster on marine life are actually cribbed from various unrelated corners of the internet.
4 December 2015 A claim that the San Bernardino shooting was due to pork served at a Christmas party was fabricated.
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