[HIGHLIGHTS] The serious danger of online conspiracy theories: What happens when no one believes anything anymore?

With the Internet and artificial intelligence, false claims and conspiracy theories can travel further and faster. This can have high costs for people and also for democracy.

Conspiracy theories have a long history in the United States, but now they can spread around the world in a matter of seconds. "I think the post-truth world could be a lot closer than we would like to believe,” said AJ Nash, vice president of intelligence at ZeroFox, a cybersecurity firm that monitors disinformation. With the U.S. facing high-stakes elections in 2024, the dangers of the rapid spread of disinformation also threaten democracy itself.