2 The Norse Code
Over the course of
Conspiracy Theories 2016, a very popular
topic that spread
over social media
were conspiracy the-
ories, which caused
not only controversy
but shined a light on
very important top-
ics.
the biggest conspiracy theories
Freshmen Rhianyon Larson and Scout Jessop smile for a in 2016.
picture while they share their thoughts on the conspiracy theory 1.) Snapchat Facial Recognition
about Snapchat facial recognition. Many students believe in con- This theory was started by B. o.
spiracy theories, which have grown in popularity recently. B., a hip-hop recording artist,
who tweeted about his suspi-
BY AMBER MILLER explanation of an event or situ- cions, asking if anyone felt that
ation rather than believing the the Snapchat filters were actually
O n many social media plat- main stream explanation. Many just a way for them to build a
forms throughout 2016, one of these conspiracy theories may facial recognition database from
of the most popular and wide- seem impossible to have oc- users. The database would in-
spread topics were conspiracy curred, but there are still people clude criminals and citizens with
theories. A conspiracy theory is who believe these theories are no criminal record because if
when someone believes in an true. Here are some examples of they applied to a job that needed
a photo, they could do a back-
ground check.
Advisor
Charles Appleby
“I think that there could be
a possibility of this being true,
however I wouldn’t say that I com-
pletely believe in this theory be-
cause if this was true something
would have occurred between
when the Snapchat filters were
first created and now,” said Jessop.
“Although I think that this
conspiracy theory could very well
be true, I have a hard time believ-
ing because these theories seem
too crazy to be believable” said
Larson.
   2.) Moon Landing
According to many conspiracy
theorists, the first landing on the
moon was a practical joke from
NASA and other organizations.
People believe that a soundstage
was used to fake the whole event,
because at the time (1969) there
January 2017
was not enough technology de-
veloped to accomplish something
like landing the moon.
 3.) Coke
In 1985, The Coca-Cola company
introduced the “New Coke”, and
Coca-Cola fans hated it forcing
the company to bring back the
original Coke. Conspiracy theo-
rists believe that the company in-
tentionally produced a low qual-
ity formula so that fans of the soft
drinks would demand the original
coke be put back on the market.
By doing this, the company would
make even more money.
There are many more theories
made everyday by conspiracy
theorists. It is up to you to decide
for yourself by weighing all the
facts, and then drawing your own
conclusion.