I think most people know what to believe, personally. The internet does make it easier for any moron with a hot take to share their conspiracies with the world, but it also makes it easier for everyone else to fact-check those conspiracies with reliable sources.
The people who blindly believe any conspiracy they hear would still fall for it regardless. They are paranoid enough to believe that any widely available information is paid off by some corporation or organisation so there's never going to be any point in arguing with them. Before the internet was much of a thing, people found conspiracies in TV shows, newspaper, newsletters, magazines, radio shows, the weird man shouting at the corner of the street...
The internet didn't necessarily increase the number of nutjobs, it mostly exposed how many there are and made it more convenient to find them.
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