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Who is the person fueling QAnon, one of the most insidious and damaging conspiracy theories in American political history? Q is the supposed anonymous government official dropping hints online about a vast criminal conspiracy involving Democrats and liberal elites. For the last three years, Q’s …
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QAnon followers were speculating on Tuesday night that Facebook’s new ban on all QAnon groups and pages was part of a complex plan by the Trump administration to root out the “deep state” and arrest their enemies. Or the social media company was trying to squelch the impending news that President …
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QAnon conspiracy theories have found believers in dozens of countries around the world during the coronavirus pandemic. HONG KONG: Powered by fear, anger and big tech’s algorithms, the QAnon conspiracy movement has exploded from the US political fringe into the global mainstream during the …
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Getty Images / WIRED It was bound to happen. People across the world are trying to trademark QAnon, the American far-right conspiracy theory baselessly claiming that Donald Trump is saving the world from a group of elite satanist paedophiles. According to data from the World Intellectual Property …
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In May, Facebook casually invited me to join a conspiracy cult that believes the world is controlled by a Satan-worshipping, baby-eating, deep-state coterie and can only be saved by US president Donald Trump. “Join groups to connect with people who share your interests,” the social media network …
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The U.S. House of Representatives recently took a symbolic stance against the widespread QAnon conspiracy theory, but more than a dozen lawmakers voted against it, including Congressman Warren Davidson of Ohio’s 8th district. Davidson was one of 17 Republican lawmakers to vote against the …
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Editorials featured in the Forum section are solely the opinions of their individual authors. In 2016, a devout Christian man drove from North Carolina to a little pizzeria in Washington D.C. named Comet Ping Pong. Armed with an AR-15 assault rifle, he arrived for the sole purpose of stopping a sex …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A meaningless shake of the fist or a means to condemn a group touting extremist views? “The FBI assessed that fringe political conspiracy theories, such as QAnon, are very likely to motivate some extremists to engage in violent acts. Condemning those that would commit acts of …
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Christy Croft, a sex-trafficking survivor, was scrolling through social media in July when they came across a debunked QAnon conspiracy claiming that the furniture company Wayfair was selling kidnapped children in expensive dresser-like items. At the time, hundreds of thousands of people on social …
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With the president hospitalized, his doctors evading basic questions and an election 29 days away, chaos reigned after Trump tested positive for the virus that’s killed more than 200,000 Americans. Now, after a four-day stay at Walter Reed medical center, the president said he will return to the …
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