News of conspiracy theories

Misinformation on coronavirus is proving highly contagious in US

30-07-2020 00:06 As the world races to find a vaccine and a cure for Covid-19, there is seemingly no antidote in sight to the burgeoning outbreak of conspiracy theories, hoaxes, anti-mask myths and sham treatments.

CONSPIRACY THEORIES

Baseless Wayfair child-trafficking theory spreads online

17-07-2020 00:24 A new conspiracy theory is sweeping the globe – self-proclaimed Internet sleuths are claiming that US retail giant Wayfair is selling trafficked children via its website.

Coronavirus pandemic

China pushes back on Trump administration coronavirus theory

17-04-2020 18:13 China is pushing back against President Donald Trump and some of his officials, who've flirted in recent days with an outlier theory that the coronavirus was set loose by a Chinese lab that let it escape.