What is QAnon, the conspiracy theory spreading throughout the US

October 8, 2020 covid19, deep state, george soros, maga, marjorie taylor greene, pizzagate, roswell

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What is QAnon, the conspiracy theory spreading throughout the US

The far-right QAnon conspiracy theory has made waves in this election after US President Donald Trump’s acknowledgement of its adherents in August and an increase in Republican and independent congressional candidates embracing the movement, which many consider a mad hoax or even a cult. Followers …

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October 8, 2020 deep state, marjorie taylor greene, pizzagate

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Even if it wanted to, the Republican Party can’t stop the spread of QAnon conspiracies and candidates which support them.

This election has seen the emergence of Republican Party candidates who support conspiracy theories like QAnon. Ben Margulies examines the rise of these candidates, and reminds us that US political culture has a long history of conspiracy theorizing, which can often lead to political violence. In …

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October 8, 2020 deep state, marjorie taylor greene

Archived 6 years ago from Here And Now
Will Facebook Ban Disrupt QAnon’s Momentum? | Here & Now

This week, Facebook banned all pages related to QAnon, a fringe far-right conspiracy theory that claims sex trafficking elites are plotting against President Trump. But many groups, including the Anti-Defamation League, have been calling on the social media platform to take down these pages for a …

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October 7, 2020 marjorie taylor greene

Archived 6 years ago from CBS News
Citigroup fires tech executive who ran popular QAnon website

Citigroup has fired a senior vice president in the bank’s technology department after probing his outside job running the most prominent website devoted to QAnon, a debunked yet popular conspiracy theory. Jason Gelinas was put on paid leave in September after being identified as the person behind …

QAnon

October 7, 2020 alex jones, bill gates, deep state, flat earth, fredrick brennan, george soros, jim watkins, marjorie taylor greene, paul furber

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QAnon: What you need to know about this crazy conspiracy theory

The QAnon movement continues to grow and become even more dangerous. Getty Images QAnon, a pro-Trump conspiracy theory that started on anonymous message boards, has jumped from the online world to everyday life. Now the broad and baseless hoax is influencing politics, with dozens of congressional …

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October 7, 2020 5g, antivax, bill gates, china, marjorie taylor greene, plandemic video, qanon, russia

Archived 6 years ago from The Australian Financial Review
Making sense of sorts of conspiracy jargon

The QAnon conspiracy theory claims that President Donald Trump is waging a secret war against high-profile Satan-worshipping paedophiles. It surfaced in October 2017 when a mysterious person calling themselves “Q” began posting cryptic messages on internet message boards. These messages, often …

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October 6, 2020 cia, marjorie taylor greene

Archived 6 years ago from The Washington Post
Facebook imposes major new restrictions on QAnon, stepping up enforcement against the conspiracy theory

“QAnon messaging changes very quickly and we see networks of supporters build an audience with one message and then quickly pivot to another. We aim to combat this more effectively with this update that strengthens and expands our enforcement against the conspiracy theory movement,” the company …

QAnon

October 3, 2020 marjorie taylor greene, pizzagate

Archived 6 years ago from The New York Times
Following Falsehoods: A Reporter’s Approach on QAnon

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. I first heard about QAnon in 2017, from a New York magazine piece by Paris Martineau. Back then, it was not the sprawling, well-developed conspiracy theory it is today. …

QAnon

October 3, 2020 big tech, china, covid19, deep state, marjorie taylor greene, trump

Archived 6 years ago from The Guardian
The most unhinged Trump conspiracy theory comes from – who else? – QAnon followers

Sign up for the Week in Patriarchy, a newsletter on feminism and sexism sent every Saturday. We’ll get through this TO GET HER The second the news broke, the conspiracy theories started. Donald Trump is pretending to have Covid-19 so he can use his miraculous “recovery” to claim the virus isn’t a …

QAnon

October 3, 2020 5g, big tech, george soros, maga, marjorie taylor greene, pizzagate

Archived 4 years ago from The Washington Post
Facebook and Twitter missed QAnon warnings for years

Comment on this story Comment Gift Article When an article on Facebook detailed a QAnon conspiracy theory about a “16-Year Plan to Destroy America,” commenters demanded death for those supposedly involved, including former president Barack Obama, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and other …

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