As a string of wildfires hit Los Angeles County, social media users spread claims that authorities purposefully set the blazes to encourage the development of so-called "smart cities." While America's ...

The firefighters said they represented five different private firefighting outfits and were hired by the Los Angeles real estate ... “He’s smart, he wants to be ready.” ...

Other users conflate smart cities with "15-minute cities ... The SmartLA 2028 plan also only applies to the City of Los Angeles and does not outline a scheme for the rest of the county, which ...

The posts are the latest describing conspiracy theories linking natural disasters to smart city plans that frequently crop up in the United States and Canada. Several wildfires near Los Angeles ...