Meme Recycles Conspiracy Theory on California Wildfires

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A baseless conspiracy theory on Facebook suggests that the California wildfires were started by a “powerful laser.” The meme spreading the theory uses the same photos that circulated in 2018 to advance a similar claim.

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Facebook users are sharing a meme that recycles a conspiracy theory about California wildfires, and pulls out old photos to do so.

An Aug. 25 shared by 10,000 users is suggesting that the wildfires — which to lightning, a heat wave and dry conditions — were started by “powerful lasers.”