Biden Did Not Orchestrate the Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack

On May 7th, the Colonial Pipeline system was forced to shut down after a cyberattack, which caused the pipeline’s operations to come to a halt. 

On May 11th, Tucker Carlson used his nightly news show to state that “the White House approves of this disaster.” He then claimed that the government planned to close all of America’s gas stations permanently. The segment circulated on YouTube, titled “Tucker: They did this on purpose.” It gained 1.5 million views within 48 hours. 

That same day, a video by the conspiracy theory site InfoWars appeared on Banned.Video, titled “The Gas Shortage Is By Design.” It claimed that President Biden was a stooge for the New World Order and that he was behind the gas shortages. The video also stated that it was the UN’s agenda to take control of everything in the world by the year 2030. This video gained almost 95,000 views within 48 hours.Additionally, the InfoWars video spread to a range of conspiracy theory websites. On social media, claims that the gas shortage is a conspiracy theory have gained thousands of interactions.