What is QAnon?|
A: QAnon is an American political conspiracy theory and political movement.
Where did it come from?
A: It originated in the American far-right political sphere in
2017.
QAnon centers on what?
A: False claims made by an anonymous individual or individuals known as "Q".
Those claims have been relayed, developed and
supplemented by whom?
A: Numerous communities and influencers associated with the movement.
What is the core QAnon theory?
A: That a cabal of Satanic, cannibalistic sexual abusers of children
operating a global child sex trafficking ring conspired against former U.S.
President Donald Trump during his term in office.
QAnon has direct roots in Pizzagate, which was a what?
A: An internet conspiracy theory that appeared one year earlier; it also
incorporates elements of many other theories.
Some experts have described QAnon as a what?
A: A cult.
Followers of the conspiracy theory say that the Trump
administration secretly fought the cabal of pedophiles and would conduct
what?
A: Mass arrests and executions of thousands of cabal members on a day known
as "the Storm" or "the Event".
QAnon supporters have named Democratic politicians,
Hollywood actors, high-ranking government officials, business tycoons, and
medical experts as what?
A: Members of the cabal.
QAnon is described as antisemitic or rooted in
antisemitic tropes, due to its what?
A: Fixation on Jewish financier George Soros and conspiracy theories about
the Rothschild family, a frequent target of antisemites.
Many also consider it antisemitic due to its strong
what?
A: Its strong resemblance to the antisemitic blood libel, the myth that Jews
harvest the blood of children for ritual purposes.
In 2022, social media users shared images of a
sculpture of Simon of Trent, whose death was falsely blamed on what?
A: The town's Jewish population, as evidence that elites harvest "adrenochrome"
from children's blood. The artwork is in fact an example of what?
A: The blood libel.
Although it has its origins in older conspiracy
theories, the first post by Q was in October 2017 on what?
A: The anonymous imageboard website 4chan.
Q claimed to be a high-level government official with Q
clearance, who had access to what?
A: Classified information involving the Trump administration and its
opponents in the United States.
Q soon moved to 8chan, making it QAnon's what?
A: Online home.
Q's often cryptic posts became known as "drops", which
were later what?
A: Collected by aggregator apps and websites.
The conspiracy theory expanded into a viral phenomenon
and quickly went beyond Internet culture, becoming familiar among whom?
A: Among the general population and turning into a real political movement.
QAnon followers began to appear where?
A: At Trump reelection campaign rallies in August
2018, and Trump amplified QAnon accounts on Twitter through his retweets.
QAnon's conspiracy theories have also been relayed by
whom?
A: Russian and Chinese state-backed media companies, social media troll
accounts, and the far-right Falun Gong-associated Epoch Media Group.
Since its emergence in American politics, where has
QAnon spawned movements?
A: Around the world.
QAnon followers have perpetrated “what” on numerous
occasions?
A: Acts of violence.
Members of the movement actively took part in the 2020
U.S. presidential election, during which they did what?
A: They supported Trump's campaign and waged information warfare in an
attempt to influence voters.
After Joe Biden won, they were involved in efforts to
do what?
A: To overturn the results of the election.
Several associates of Trump, such as General Michael
Flynn and two members of his legal team, Lin Wood and Sidney Powell, have
what?
A: Promoted QAnon-derived conspiracy theories.
When these tactics failed, Trump supporters – many of
them QAnon followers did what?
A: Attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.