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The House of Representatives canceled a session on Thursday after intelligence officials warned of a possible threat to the Capitol on Thursday, the date identified by conspiracy theorists that Donald Trump will return to office. As of now, the Senate is still scheduled to return to session at noon on Thursday, with…

The most honest and fumbled play of tomorrow's Super Bowl LV on CBS might have just happened on NBC's Saturday Night Live, maybe. "Hello and welcome to the Super Bowl, four hours of television for 11 minutes of action," declared SNL's Kenan Thompson as sports broadcaster "James, no, not that one, Brown" in the opening…

YouTube has implemented new measures designed to limit the spread of conspiracy theories on its Google-owned video platform, especially those connected with QAnon. The move follows steps taken by Facebook and Twitter to block QAnon in recent weeks, as well as smaller social players like Triller, Pinterest and Etsy…

After Twitter took steps to limit the ability of QAnon-themed posts to spread on its social platform, Facebook implemented an outright ban on posts related to the conspiracy-centered group. “Starting today, we will remove any Facebook Pages, Groups and Instagram accounts representing QAnon, even if they contain no…

UPDATED at 1:30PM PT: Sen Ted Cruz and Fox News host Laura Ingraham added their voices to the outcry over Cuties, a French indie film that either encourages or critiques the sexualization of pre-pubescent girls, depending on your vantage point. Cruz is asking the Department of Justice to investigate Netflix over its…

After the week that was — when a QAnon backer won a congressional primary and President Donald Trump embraced the, uh, fringe group during a White House briefing, Bill Maher felt it’s time that America learned the true identity of the shadowy figure behind it all. “It makes perfect sense that I — libertine, atheist…

Donald Trump startled reporters at a press conference on Wednesday after he was asked a question about QAnon, the far-right conspiracy movement that has been deemed a potential domestic terrorism threat. The FBI named QAnon in a bulletin on fringe theories that warned of increasing extremist domestic violence. “I…

On Wednesday Facebook announced that it will implement expanded measures to combat the spread of QAnon content and anarchist groups across the social network and sister platform Instagram. Facebook vowed to make changes to its Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy after its team removed over 790 groups and…

After a week off John Oliver came back to his “white void” to unpack the news on Sunday night’s episode of Last Week Tonight, using the announcement of Kamala Harris as Joe Biden’s Vice Presidential pick as a launching pad to talk about the country’s (specifically Republicans) obsession with conspiracy theories. When…