The Dangerous Allure of Facebook’s “Crunchy Moms” Community In August, as a measles outbreak swept through Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a worried parent turned to a massive public Facebook group called “Crunchy Moms” for guidance. The parent was considering vaccinating their three-year-old child, partly to protect their six-month-old infant. “I’m nervous for my baby,” they wrote. The responses came swiftly and confidently—and dangerously. “First of all your children cannot die of measles. It is literally impossible,” one member insisted. “Do not do it,” advised another. Others claimed the vaccine would spread measles or compared it to “injecting poison.” When Facebook’s artificial…

In the heart of India’s bustling capital, a quiet but decisive operation unfolded, pulling back the curtain on a life steeped in deception and shadowy allegiance. The Delhi Police Crime Branch apprehended a 35-year-old man named RK Regan Singh, also known by the alias Gandhi, whose presence in the city was as unassuming as his past was violent. Singh was a militant linked to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), an insurgent group that has been a source of turmoil in the northeastern state of Manipur. His arrest was not the result of a random sweep but a carefully orchestrated maneuver…