A baseless US conspiracy theory found a foothold in Europe. New research shows how
The baseless PizzaGate claim emerged during the 2016 election. Later that same year, a gunman showed up and fired an AR-15 inside the pizzeria, saying he was trying to rescue non-existent child sex slaves. Now a report by internet trust tool NewsGuard has found that the coronavirus pandemic is helping this distinctly US ideology gain … Read more