I’ll just say that you see a fair number of fake conspiracies on a daily basis. Maybe ten-percent have some facts/support to ‘trust’. The rest all have problems with the story as you dig into them (some might be basically true but not as dramatic as you’d like to believe). It’s a problem in the US, and a particular problem in Germany (because of public TV).
It all leads back to our extreme skepticism of news and it’s delivery vehicle.
Footnote here: Any time a person writes a piece and say ‘East Germany’...it’s usually intentional. DDR/East Germany ceased over 30 years ago to exist. You could say eastern Germany, the state of Saxony, or just Chemnitz (the city) itself.
People are more likely to believe something without factual evidence is they want to believe it. It has led to some social engineering on social media.
On FB, you will see posts like “Facebook takes this down every time it is posted so let’s all post it” or “Facebook won’t allow this to be shared so let’s all share it”. It’s an attempt to find the people who will obey without question. These are the people who get targeted for scams or will likely spread scams.