Mark Zuckerberg

Appears in 8 conspiracy theories

Mixed

Big Tech Censorship Conspiracy

2016 · United States
Confirmed

Cambridge Analytica — Facebook Data Weaponized for Elections

Cambridge Analytica harvested data from 87 million Facebook profiles without consent and used psychographic profiling to micro-target voters for Brexit and Trump — confirmed by whistleblower Christopher Wylie.

2014 · United Kingdom
Unresolved

Facebook / Meta Secretly Listening Through Microphone

Widespread belief that Facebook's app secretly activates users' microphones to eavesdrop on conversations for ad targeting — consistently denied by Meta but perceived as plausible given behavioral ad data.

2016 · United States
Unresolved

Maui Lahaina Fire Conspiracy Theories

Examining conspiracy theories surrounding the devastating 2023 Lahaina fire — from directed energy weapons to billionaire land grabs and government negligence.

2023-08-08 · United States
Social Media Deliberately Engineered for Addiction
Confirmed

Social Media Deliberately Engineered for Addiction

Former Facebook president Sean Parker and others have confirmed that social media platforms were deliberately engineered to exploit psychological vulnerabilities and maximize addictive use.

2009 · United States
TikTok Ban Conspiracy
Unresolved

TikTok Ban Conspiracy

Was banning TikTok really about Chinese spying, or was it about silencing a platform the establishment couldn't control? The conspiracy theories cut in every direction.

2024-04 · United States
Confirmed

Internet Privacy Conspiracy

Tech giants collect, monetize, and share your data on a scale that makes the NSA jealous. The conspiracy isn't secret — it's in the terms of service you clicked 'agree' on.

2001 · United States
Silicon Valley Predictive Programming / Social Engineering
Unresolved

Silicon Valley Predictive Programming / Social Engineering

Claims that Big Tech uses data harvesting and algorithmic prediction to manipulate public behavior at scale. From Facebook experiments to Cambridge Analytica, the evidence examined.

2010 · United States