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Feb 11, 2021 · The QAnon conspiracy theory was born on fringe messageboards in 2017. The "big-tent" theory baselessly alleges Trump has been fighting a cabal of pedophiles. QAnon seeped into the mainstream and ...
Jul 3, 2020 · QAnon’s origins are emblematic of what it has evolved into: An unfounded, out-of-context claim made to support an allegation, which is easily discredited. Facebook and Twitter logos are seen on ...
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- Paul P. Murphy
Aug 12, 2020 · Amna Nawaz: QAnon first emerged in the months after President Trump took office, starting on fringe Internet message boards, before spreading to social media. Adherents allege, among other things ...
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- PBS NewsHour
Aug 21, 2020 · Yes. The FBI identified QAnon as a threat in a May 2019 memo outlining how "fringe political conspiracy theories very likely motivate some domestic extremists to commit criminal, sometimes violent ...
QAnon is a decentralized, far-right political movement rooted in a baseless conspiracy theory that the world is controlled by the “Deep State,” a cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles, and that former President Donald Trump is the only person who can defeat it. QAnon emerged on 4chan in 2017, when an anonymous poster known as “Q ...
Jun 10, 2021 · Examining Extremism: QAnon. QAnon is a “big tent” conspiracy theory that emerged in the fringe corners of the Internet in 2017. It has since amassed millions of supporters, a small portion of whom have been motivated to conduct QAnon-inspired violence, leading the FBI to label it a domestic terrorism threat in 2019.
Oct 27, 2020 · October 27, 2020. Hatewatch Staff. QAnon is the umbrella term for a sprawling spiderweb of right-wing internet conspiracy theories with antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ elements that falsely claim the world is run by a secret cabal of pedophiles who worship Satan and are plotting against President Trump. Though some influential individuals are active ...
