OPINION
Douglas Murray: Tech firms must crack down on mad conspiracy theories destroying society
By Douglas Murray
Published April 30, 2026, 8:19 p.m. ET
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If you need more proof of how deranging our times have become, just consider this: the number of times the word “staged” was used in the hours after the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner shooting last Saturday.
This isn´t only a problem for social media companies. It is a problem for our democracy. And it is one we need to tackle.
While hundreds of journalists were sheltering in place on Saturday evening, and the entire chain of command of the United States was being raced out of the room in DC, social media platforms were having a field day.
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READ MORE: https://nypost.com/2026/04/30/opinion/tech-firms-must-crack-down-on-mad-conspiracy-theories-destroying-society/
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Young people in particular get less and less of their information from traditional media. But they hoover up content online.
So why do the tech giants keep dampening real journalism while boosting fake claims and the most deranged conspiracy theories? The answer is that they make money from it. They make money from falsehoods, outrageous claims and pure nonsense.
Nobody needs to censor anyone. Yet if the social media companies keep rewarding lies and subduing the truth, there should come a day when they have to pay for it. Goodness knows they´ve gotten rich enough off it.
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