Social media erupts with conspiracy theories following news of Jeffrey Epstein's death.
Many people who have spent the last few years blaming the nation’s problems on either the Clinton or the Trump administrations found new reasons to pin Epstein’s death to their favorite targets — despite a complete lack of evidence at this point explaining how Epstein was able to kill himself.
The conspiracies spanned a wide range of topics from Epstein’s connections to the Clinton family and President Donald Trump to fringe theories including QAnon. Others simply questioned the circumstances around Epstein’s death. Travis View, an independent conspiracy theory researcher, said Saturday’s news sparked a significant wave of activity from various conspiracy threads — and offered evidence of just how widely embraced conspiracy theories have become.
“There’s an outpouring of conspiracy theories as a consequence of his suicide,” View said. “The fringe conspiracies of two decades ago are touching the mainstream now where even lawyers and people who are otherwise close to the Republican party feel very comfortable asserting these types of theories.”
By mid-morning on the East Coast, a hashtag related to a conspiracy about the Clinton family had begun to trend on Twitter. Similar topics are well known by disinformation researchers to receive promotion from foreign influence campaigns that seek to promote misinformation and elevate divisive topics. A Twitter spokesperson told NBC News that the trends were due to organic conversation and that the company is monitoring the situation.
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