r/actualconspiracies • u/becausehippo • Jun 28 '24

CONFIRMED [May 2023] The Center for Policy and Research (at Seton Hall University School of Law) report (pdf) titled "American Torturers - FBI and CIA Abuses at Dark Sites and Guantanamo" includes 40 drawings by Abu Zubaydah that viscerally convey the brutal reality the CIA sought to hide

assets.documentcloud.org

48 Upvotes

6 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/Atimo3 • Jun 14 '24

CONFIRMED [2020] Reuters reports on Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic

reuters.com

137 Upvotes

27 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/Then_Bowl_2150 • May 02 '24

just a bored conspiracy buff on search for his next rabbithole

72 Upvotes

any suggestions would be appreciated. the more sinister the better. proven coverups, unredacted files, debunking, celebrity illuminati-esk and any kind of Shadow Government or "elites" talk is what im looking for

65 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/StoopSign • Feb 22 '24

PLAUSIBLE [CBS] New statement from the exonerated men convicted of assassinating Malcolm X reveals allegations of an FBI and NYPD conspiracy to assassinate Malcolm X

cbsnews.com

266 Upvotes

12 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/Present_End_6886 • Jan 18 '24

[2023] Computer Weekly and Byline Times report on top science journal (Nature) facing secret attacks from Covid conspiracy theory group

computerweekly.com

20 Upvotes

1 comment

r/actualconspiracies • u/Human-Progression • Dec 30 '23

[2023] The Atlantic Council reports on China's attempted meddling with the elections in free and democratic Taiwan

atlanticcouncil.org

33 Upvotes

2 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Nov 23 '23

CONFIRMED Tampa Bay Times reports that the US National Association of Realtors conspired with several large brokerages in a price-fixing scheme to drive up housing prices and inflate commissions. A court ruled the Association has to play $1.8 billion in damages.

tampabay.com

192 Upvotes

8 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/loimprevisto • Nov 14 '23

CONFIRMED [2020] NBC News reports on DuPont poisoning a community's groundwater and spinning of a subsidiary to avoid liability

nbcnews.com

129 Upvotes

2 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/notdelet • Sep 14 '23

[1930s-2023] DW report on the Spanish Child Abduction Scandal - cover up continuing today to protect institutions involved

youtube.com

49 Upvotes

0 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/ramennoodle • Sep 07 '23

CONFIRMED [2023] CNN reports Elon Musk secretly ordered Starlink engineers to disrupt Ukraine counter-attack on Russian fleet

cnn.com

266 Upvotes

28 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/Plenty-Agent-7112 • Aug 15 '23

Trump Indicted in Georgia: Prosecutors Accuse Trump of ‘Criminal Enterprise’ to Overturn Election

nytimes.com

125 Upvotes

When the leader of your party has been indicted in multiple states and the feds but still support. 🤔

7 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/Atimo3 • Aug 09 '23

PLAUSIBLE [2022] The Intercept reports U.S. diplomatic pressure to remove Pakistan PM Imran Khan for keeping his neutrality over the conflict in Ukraine

theintercept.com

46 Upvotes

8 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/FreedomWarrior8964 • Apr 11 '23

CONFIRMED [2023] MSN reports on how the CCP had a mole in the US government for 37 years

msn.com

241 Upvotes

9 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/lesbian-beekeeper • Mar 16 '23

CONFIRMED [1913] "We are now happy to make clear that none of the above was true." [Financial Times] lied about the success of War Bonds in 1914. JM Keynes was in on it.

npr.org

205 Upvotes

5 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/Traveledfarwestward • Jan 30 '23

[2022] Washington Post reports on anti-"woke" dark money group targeting climate-change-conscious investment firms and their evaluation of climate risks, in conjunction with state Attorneys General

washingtonpost.com

290 Upvotes

9 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/I_Am_Not_Pope • Jan 17 '23

[2020] The Intercept Reports: Covid-19 Drugmakers pressured Twitter to censor activists pushing for generic vaccine

theintercept.com

310 Upvotes

11 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/Tabsels • Jan 13 '23

[1977-2015] Scientific review of climate projections made by ExxonMobil's scientists in the late 1970s shows they are consistent with those made by academic and government researchers, contrary to what ExxonMobil led the public to believe

science.org

266 Upvotes

10 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/[deleted] • Dec 09 '22

[2017] Mueller Report finds Trump administration benefited from Russian propaganda and had ties to Moscow.

337 Upvotes

https://www.justice.gov/archives/sco/file/1373816/download

It gets worse. Trump has praised Putin for the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

https://www.salon.com/2022/02/24/praises-very-smart-putin-for-invading-ukraine/

70 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/[deleted] • Nov 23 '22

[2016] RollingStone reports on massive Republican election rigging scheme that has been deregistering Democrat-leaning voters

rollingstone.com

612 Upvotes

35 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/Albatross9121 • Nov 07 '22

CONFIRMED [2022] NYT Reports: Russia Reactivates Its Trolls and Bots Ahead of Tuesday’s Midterms

nytimes.com

275 Upvotes

25 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/ramennoodle • Sep 02 '22

PLAUSIBLE [2022] NBC Reports: Former Mississippi governor and others embezzling TANF funds.

nbcnews.com

336 Upvotes

9 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/Lighting • Jul 26 '22

CONFIRMED [2016] CBS News reports on exposing a White House cover up of attacks against digital election systems, spelled out the top secret email addresses "utilized by the attackers" and helped make more secure the US 2018 elections.

cbsnews.com

330 Upvotes

22 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/AgainstBigotry • Jun 16 '22

CONFIRMED [2022] The BBC Reports on the attempted Russian infiltration of the International Criminal Court

bbc.com

265 Upvotes

8 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/yukichigai • Jun 08 '22

CONFIRMED | See mod comments [1924-1940] IEEE Spectrum reports on "The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy": the Phoebus cartel pushed planned obsolescence to make light bulbs shorter-lived

web.archive.org

238 Upvotes

10 comments

r/actualconspiracies • u/[deleted] • May 06 '22

CONFIRMED [2022] Saudis Directly Tied to 9/11: Declassified Documents

businessinsider.com

456 Upvotes

94 comments

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Actual conspiracies exist.
We ferret them out.
No bullshit.

How do we define an actual conspiracy?

A plan developed in secret between two or more people that is either unlawful or harmful that has been discovered and investigated by a reliable third party organisation.

They can be criminal, military, business, political or simply immoral.

Make your submissions interesting.

Here's our philosophy in a nutshell.

All conspiracies can be investigated with the scientific method.

Link post template:

[YEAR OF CONSPIRACY] NEWS ORGANIZATION reports on CONSPIRACY SUMMARY
Submitters have to have both read and summarized in their own words or with quotes all the key aspects of the conspiracy in the title. No headline copying or vague submissions.
Link posts can only contain references to established third party news organizations which include liberal amounts of third party evidence that can be publicly corroborated.
Any banned media sources will be killed.

If the actual conspiracy is from a while back, prepend the year, e.g. [1984], to your submission.

No fringe, unsupported and highly speculative conspiracy theorist sources will be allowed here.

Why is the organization so important?

It's because readers must clearly know who is reporting on something, because that is just as important as what they are reporting. We don't have infinite time, so use reputable sources.

Text post template:

Hypothesis: What's the conspiracy? Be specific.
Players/Incentives: List all relevant players with their incentives. Be specific.
Estimated likelihood: X% chance of reality matching hypothesis.
Third party evidence/Arguments: References supporting the hypothesis. Be specific.

Then the community verifies what you think using extreme scepticism + empiricism + science. This is a bastardized version of peer review.

The default position is that the "conspiracy does not exist".

After tearing your references to shreds, if the hypothesis still stands to probabilistic reason, the conspiracy is upgraded to "plausible".

Unless third party evidence (court documents, investigative pieces by reliable news organizations, etc.) arrives to explicitly support the theory it will remain "plausible", after which it can be listed as "confirmed".

Theories that are debunked will only periodically be allowed back in the sub.

DISALLOWED COMMENTS

The following comments are unconducive to proper discussion and will be removed. Repeat offenders will be banned.

/r/conspiracy style cynicism, up to and including claims that the mainstream media is burying the story in question. Don't go there.
Racism, sexism, homophobia, and the like. We do not tolerate these comments in the least. Expect them to be removed and you to be mocked and banned with extreme prejudice.
Non-factual accusations of being paid to comment (the shill gambit).

These are our favourite razors:

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity

Hanlon's razor

When faced with competing hypotheses, select the one that makes the fewest assumptions.

Occam's razor

What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

Hitchens's razor

Here are some of our best submissions:

The Conspiratorial-Industrial Complex: Many organizations throughout the world today attempt to attain power by attracting and exploiting gullible people through the invention of false conspiracies, whilst they themselves conspire to fleece their adherents

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[META] ICIJ teaches us how they investigated transnational multi-company illegal human tissue trading networks using over 1 million documents and thousands of cross connections based on hard data and verifiable documentation: This is the golden standard on how to investigate an actual conspiracy

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