QAnon
2017 |
QAnon first surfaced with a series of anonymous posts on the internet forum 4chan claiming to reveal high-level government intelligence about crimes by top Democrats. By 2020 it had become a sprawling pro-Trump conspiracy theory. Links: USA, Internet, QAnon |
2020 Aug 20 |
Pres. Donald Trump praised adherents of the false conspiracy theory QAnon, which alleges that the president is waging a covert war against a “deep state” cabal of Satan-worshiping Democrats involved in pedophilia and child sex trafficking. Facebook took its most sweeping actions yet, removing nearly 800 QAnon-affiliated groups from its site and restricting others. Links: USA, TrumpD, QAnon |