{
  "id": 574983,
  "title": "Believing the world is unfair may explain why some who experience adversity are drawn to conspiracy theories",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/believing-the-world-is-unfair-may-explain-why-some-who-experience",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-11T14:00:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PsyPost",
    "slug": "psypost",
    "url": "https://www.psypost.org/believing-the-world-is-unfair-may-explain-why-some-who-experience-adversity-are-drawn-to-conspiracy-theories/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New research published in the British Journal of Psychology suggests that experiencing personal hardship does not directly cause conspiracy beliefs. Instead, adversity tends to foster a sense of injustice, which then makes conspiratorial ideas more appealing.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}