Cooped up inside her home and losing work due to the pandemic in the weeks
before her outburst, Rein Lively filled the time she would've spent hanging
out with friends and emailing clients by diving down conspiracy-fueled rabbit
holes on Facebook and Instagram, worsening her feelings of isolation and fear.

Some find themselves believing in elaborate conspiracy theories about Bill
Gates, 5G wireless technology, vaccines and masks, which researchers say are
in part pushed by an algorithm and shared community members that group all of
the theories together.（ry