“QAnon is a right-wing conspiracy theory that centers on the baseless belief that an anonymous tipster is revealing how President Donald Trump is leading a secret war against a so-called deep state — a collection of political, business and Hollywood elites who, according to the theory, worship Satan and abuse and murder children. The conspiracy theory's roots grew from Pizzagate, which claimed that Hillary Clinton ran a p***philia ring from a Washington, D.C., pizza shop.
QAnon emerged from the fringes of the internet's conspiracy community to become a recognized political phenomenon, with Trump supporters showing up at events with "Q" merchandise. QAnon followers have also been implicated in
armed standoffs,
attempted kidnappings, harassment and
at least one killing since the conspiracy theory first gained traction on the internet in October 2017.
Last year, the FBI designated QAnon as a potential domestic terrorist threat. The FBI's report on QAnon's ties to dangerous real-world activities led in part to Twitter's decision, a spokesperson said.
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Despite no evidence and numerous predictions that failed to materialize, QAnon support has trickled into the mainstream, with
numerous Republican candidates for Congress openly espousing their support.”
qanon is a mainstream campaign method for trump that helped him gain popularity indirectly of other traditional campaign methods.
the rest of the article is about how qanon types are getting banned for harassing people on Twitter. I don’t feel sorry for them. People get banned on the forum for the same type of behavior.
they are targeting users on twitter because they have no real message outside of trump is hero who will save us. They have nothing to show for this so they spend their time targeting people like Chrissy teigan and telling her that is a slave to the Illuminati instead.
The company will classify QAnon as coordinated harmful activity in part because of a rise in harassment targeting high-profile critics of the president.
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