Conspiracy theorists and right-wing media fabricate evidence that Lahaina fire was deliberate
Right-wing media and conspiracy theorists are using Hawaii’s recent fires — including the most deadly U.S. wildfire of the past century — to repurpose misinformation, cast doubt on the role of climate change, and vilify the state’s ambitious renewable energy goals while spreading bizarre conspiracy theories, including claims that the fires were secretly started by “directed energy weapons” from a Chinese satellite. YouTube and Meta are profiting off of ads on content that amplifies this harmful misinformation. The fires, which have killed over 100 people in the historic community...
Source: mediamatters.org
