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QAnon Movement
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Decentralised online conspiracy movement originating from anonymous '8chan' posts (2017+) claiming a high-ranking US government insider ('Q') was revealing Deep State child-trafficking plot. Despite no central organisation, exhibits documented cult-like patterns of total information control, family severance, and apocalyptic timelines.
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High Control
BITE breakdown
Behavior Control6/10
Information Control8/10
Thought Control8/10
Emotional Control7/10
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0 — decentralised online conspiracy movement; controlled-information patterns and family destruction documented.
Profile facts
Founded
2017
Members
Estimates vary; tens of millions exposed, smaller core deep believers
Active in
USA primarily, global online presence
In context
QAnon began with anonymous October 2017 posts on 4chan (later 8chan/8kun) and metastasised across Telegram, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. Despite having no formal organisation, members exhibit classic cult-like patterns: a single trusted information channel (Q drops, Praying Medic, etc.), severance from non-believing family, repeatedly reset apocalyptic timelines (the Storm), and a worldview that frames any contradicting evidence as proof of Deep State manipulation. Travis View's 'QAnon Anonymous' podcast is a central documentation source. The 6 January 2021 US Capitol attack featured many QAnon-affiliated participants. The community's argumentative style is heavily characterised by sealioning — exhausting opponents with endless polite-toned 'just asking questions' demands for clarification — paired with DARVO responses when offline harm is documented.
Key control doctrines
- Q drops as authoritative insider information
- Deep State child-trafficking conspiracy
- Imminent 'Storm' / 'Great Awakening'
- Trusted YouTube / Telegram amplifiers as interpretive priesthood
Recovery resources
- ICSA (International Cultic Studies Association) — General referral and cult-aware therapist directory.
- INFORM (Information Network on Religious Movements) — LSE-founded UK research-based information service covering new religious movements.
- Reclamation Collective — Religious-trauma-aware therapist network; relevant for post-exit identity-rebuilding.
- Freedom of Mind Resource Center — Steven Hassan's organisation; BITE-model resources and family-side exit guidance.
See the full curated list at /resources.
Notable public ex-members
- Multiple ex-believers documented in 'The Storm Is Upon Us' and r/QAnonCasualties
Legal cases & controversies
- Comet Ping Pong shooting (2016)
- January 6 2021 Capitol attack prosecutions
- Multiple family-court custody disputes citing QAnon belief as parental concern
Evidence by BITE axis
Behavior Control
- Single trusted information channel (Q drops, then various post-Q figures)
- Family severance reported in QAnonCasualties subreddit
- Belief framework absorbs all contradicting evidence
- Real-world violence (Comet Ping Pong shooting 2016, January 6 2021)
- Q drops as authoritative insider information
- Deep State child-trafficking conspiracy
- Imminent 'Storm' / 'Great Awakening'
- Trusted YouTube / Telegram amplifiers as interpretive priesthood
- controlled-information patterns and family destruction documented
Thought Control
- Repeatedly reset apocalyptic 'Storm' timelines
Timeline
- 2017-10First 'Q' posts on 4chan
- 2018Movement spreads to Reddit, YouTube, Facebook
- 2020Major mainstream awareness during COVID-19 lockdown
- 2021-01-06US Capitol attack features many QAnon participants
- 2022+'Q' drops largely cease; movement persists via 'A-list' anons
Evidence matrix
Structured sources cross-linked to the claims they document. Tiered per the source hierarchy. For free-text citations see the Sources section below.
Sources
- Mike Rothschild, 'The Storm Is Upon Us' (2021) search ↗
- Travis View / 'QAnon Anonymous' podcast search ↗
- Reddit r/QAnonCasualties archive search ↗
- ADL and SPLC tracking search ↗
- The next-generation bots interfering with the US election — https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fd41586-020-03034-5 open ↗
- 2020Natur.587...21G — https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020Natur.587...21G open ↗
- The far right is struggling to contain Qanon after giving it life — https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/far-right-struggling-contain-qanon-after-giving-it-life-n899741 open ↗
- Pence shares picture of himself meeting a SWAT officer with a QAnon conspiracy patch — https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/01/pence-shares-picture-him-meeting-swat-officer-wearing-qanon-conspiracy-patch/ open ↗
- Trump Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Right-Wing Social Media Trolls — https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/business/trump-social-media-summit.html open ↗
- Gender, Populism, and the QAnon Conspiracy Movement — Frontiers in Sociology (2021) — https://doi.org/10.3389%2Ffsoc.2020.615727 open ↗
- The Apocalypse and Political Discourse in an Age of COVID — https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0142064X211025464 open ↗
- QAnon' conspiracy theory creeps into mainstream politics — https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-us-news-ap-top-news-wisconsin-racine-e230131513bf3df60c76bb1151bc6b7c open ↗
- What Is QAnon, the Viral Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theory? — https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-qanon.html open ↗
- US takes back its assertion that Capitol rioters wanted to 'capture and assassinate' officials — https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/15/politics/capitol-capture-assassinate-elected-officials/index.html open ↗
- Without Their 'Messiah,' QAnon Believers Confront A Post-Trump World — https://www.npr.org/2021/01/28/961507953/without-their-messiah-qanon-believers-confront-a-post-trump-world open ↗
- Is QAnon, the Latest pro-Trump Conspiracy Theory, anti-Semitic? — https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/is-qanon-the-latest-pro-trump-conspiracy-theory-anti-semitic-1.6340841 open ↗
- What is Qanon? The Origins of the Bizarre Conspiracy Theory Spreading Online — https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/qanon-explained-what-trump-russia-investigation-pizzagate-a8845226.html open ↗
- Qanon Deploys 'Information Warfare' to Influence the 2020 Election — https://www.wired.com/story/qanon-deploys-information-warfare-influence-2020-election/ open ↗
- What Is QAnon: Explaining the Internet Conspiracy Theory That Showed Up at a Trump Rally — https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/01/us/politics/what-is-qanon.html open ↗
- Russian-backed organizations amplifying QAnon conspiracy theories, researchers say — https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-election-qanon-russia/russian-backed-organizations-amplifying-qanon-conspiracy-theories-researchers-say-idUKKBN25K137 open ↗
- Russian troll accounts purged by Twitter pushed Qanon and other conspiracy theories — https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/russian-troll-accounts-purged-twitter-pushed-qanon-other-conspiracy-theories-n966091 open ↗
- QAnon received earlier boost from Russian accounts on Twitter, archives show — https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-qanon-cyber-idUSKBN27I18I open ↗
- China and Russia 'weaponized' QAnon conspiracy around time of US Capitol attack, report says — https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/19/politics/qanon-russia-china-amplification open ↗
- MAGA-land's Favorite Newspaper — https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/inside-the-epoch-times-a-mysterious-pro-trump-newspaper/617645/ open ↗
- Trump, QAnon and an impending judgment day: Behind the Facebook-fueled rise of The Epoch Times — https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/trump-qanon-impending-judgment-day-behind-facebook-fueled-rise-epoch-n1044121 open ↗
- Support for QAnon is hard to measure – and polls may overestimate it — https://theconversation.com/support-for-qanon-is-hard-to-measure-and-polls-may-overestimate-it-156020 open ↗
- Twitter Takedown Targets QAnon Accounts — https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/technology/twitter-bans-qanon-accounts.html open ↗
- Three years later, Facebook says it will ban QAnon — https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/tech/facebook-qanon/index.html open ↗
- QAnon: a timeline of violence linked to the conspiracy theory — https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/15/qanon-violence-crimes-timeline open ↗
- Tracking QAnon: how Trump turned conspiracy-theory research upside down — Nature (2021) — https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fd41586-021-00257-y open ↗
- Michael Flynn posts video featuring QAnon slogans — https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/07/politics/michael-flynn-qanon-video/index.html open ↗
- QAnon's Wildest Moments From Their Massively Disturbing Conference — https://www.vice.com/en/article/qanon-conference-wildest-moments-from-patriot-roundup-dallas/ open ↗
- Meet the lawyers behind the 'Kraken' election conspiracy lawsuits — https://www.reuters.com/article/kraken-lawsuits-idUSL1N2ID1Q2 open ↗
- Pro-Trump Lawyer Lin Wood Is Doing a Helluva Job Convincing People He's Not Insane — https://www.vice.com/en/article/pro-trump-lawyer-lin-wood-is-doing-a-helluva-job-convincing-people-hes-not-insane/ open ↗
- Judge boots Trump attorney from Carter Page defamation suit — https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-georgia-wisconsin-lawsuits-840308687a5e8de21c7f50d59f394892 open ↗
- Del. judge blocks Lin Wood as repercussions grow for lawyers who pressed election claims — https://www.reuters.com/article/wood-delaware-idUSL1N2JN378 open ↗
- Fact check: No, Trump can't 'simply be reinstated' as president — https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/01/politics/powell-trump-inauguration-fact-check/index.html open ↗
- To boost voter-fraud claims, Trump advocate Sidney Powell turns to unusual source: The longtime operator of QAnon's Internet home — https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/01/powell-cites-qanon-watkins/ open ↗
- Sidney Powell is a beacon of hope to sad Qanon supporters — https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/24/business/sidney-powell-qanon/index.html open ↗
- Release the Kraken,' a catchphrase for unfounded conspiracy theory, trends on Twitter — https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/technology/release-the-kraken-a-catchphrase-for-unfounded-conspiracy-theory-trends-on-twitter.html open ↗
- Trump's Lawyer Sidney Powell Is Hardcore QAnon — https://www.vice.com/en/article/trumps-lawyer-sidney-powell-is-hardcore-qanon/ open ↗
- Twitter blocks 70,000 QAnon accounts after US Capitol riot — https://apnews.com/article/twitter-blocks-70k-qanon-accounts-171a5c9062be1c293169d764d3d0d9c8 open ↗
- A QAnon 'Digital Soldier' Marches On, Undeterred by Theory's Unraveling — https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/technology/qanon-meme-queen.html open ↗
- Four years after the Capitol riot, why QAnon hasn't gone away — https://www.npr.org/2024/12/30/nx-s1-5230801/qanon-capitol-riot-social-media open ↗
- The Pizzagate gunman is out of prison. Conspiracy theories are out of control — https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/02/16/pizzagate-qanon-capitol-attack/ open ↗
- PizzaGate' Conspiracy Theory Thrives Anew in the TikTok Era — https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/27/technology/pizzagate-justin-bieber-qanon-tiktok.html open ↗
- How three conspiracy theorists took 'Q' and sparked Qanon — https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/how-three-conspiracy-theorists-took-q-sparked-qanon-n900531 open ↗
- Why the QAnon conspiracy is the natural culmination of the Trump era — https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/08/01/why-the-qanon-conspiracy-is-the-natural-culmination-of-the-trump-era/ open ↗
- Hillary Clinton, Pedophilia and Ankle Bracelets; New Trump-Supporter Conspiracy Theory Is Pizzagate on Steroids — https://www.newsweek.com/hillary-clinton-conspiracy-theory-trump-717398 open ↗
- Who is behind QAnon? Linguistic detectives find fingerprints — https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/19/technology/qanon-messages-authors.html open ↗
- The Prophecies of Q — https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/qanon-nothing-can-stop-what-is-coming/610567/ open ↗
- As the bizarre QAnon group emerges, Trump rallies go from nasty to dangerous — https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/as-the-bizarre-qanon-group-emerges-trump-rallies-go-from-nasty-to-dangerous/2018/08/01/063ed6f8-9585-11e8-a679-b09212fb69c2_story.html open ↗
- How QAnon uses religion to lure unsuspecting Christians — https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/15/us/qanon-religion-churches/index.html open ↗
- QAnon's corrosive impact on the U.S. — https://www.cbsnews.com/news/qanon-conspiracy-united-states-60-minutes-2021-02-21/ open ↗
- QAnon's growth mirrors sharp spike in far-right extremist violence in US: Experts — https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/qanons-growth-mirrors-sharp-spike-extremist-violence-us/story?id=73079916 open ↗
- Like the fringe conspiracy theory Qanon? There's plenty of merch for sale on Amazon — https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/fringe-conspiracy-theory-qanon-there-s-plenty-merch-sale-amazon-n892561 open ↗
- On Amazon, a Qanon conspiracy book climbs the charts — with an algorithmic push — https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/amazon-qanon-conspiracy-book-climbs-charts-algorithmic-push-n979181 open ↗
- A Trail of 'Bread Crumbs,' Leading Conspiracy Theorists Into the Wilderness — https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/11/magazine/a-trail-of-bread-crumbs-leading-conspiracy-theorists-into-the-wilderness.html open ↗
- QAnon groups have millions of members on Facebook, documents show — https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/qanon-groups-have-millions-members-facebook-documents-show-n1236317 open ↗
- How a Trash-Talking Upstart Infuriated QAnon Boomers — https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-a-trash-talking-upstart-infuriated-qanon-boomers open ↗
- Why QAnon Flopped in Japan — https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/opinion/qanon-japan-janon.html open ↗
- Japan's QAnon disciples aren't letting Trump's loss quash their mission — https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/23/tech/qanon-consipiracy-theory-japan-trump-hnk-intl-dst/index.html open ↗
- Japanese QAnon Leader Arrested for Entering COVID-19 Vaccination Site to 'Save Kids — https://www.vice.com/en/article/japan-qanon-arrest-covid-anti-vax/ open ↗
- Members tied to QAnon arrested over break-in at vaccine center — https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14592759 open ↗
- QAnon conspiracies go global in pandemic 'perfect storm — https://www.france24.com/en/20201006-qanon-conspiracies-go-global-in-pandemic-perfect-storm open ↗
- QAnon Is Thriving in Germany. The Extreme Right Is Delighted — https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/11/world/europe/qanon-is-thriving-in-germany-the-extreme-right-is-delighted.html open ↗
- One in four Britons believe in QAnon-linked theories – survey — https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/22/one-in-four-britons-believe-in-qanon-linked-theories-survey open ↗
- Rémy Daillet, l'homme au cœur de la « mouvance » conspirationniste impliquée dans l'enlèvement de Mia — https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2021/04/20/ce-que-l-on-sait-de-remy-daillet-et-de-sa-nebuleuse-conspirationniste-a-l-origine-de-l-enlevement-de-mia_6077448_3224.html open ↗
- Rémy Daillet, figure du complotisme, mis en examen pour « association de malfaiteurs terroriste criminelle » — https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2021/10/22/remy-daillet-figure-du-complotisme-mis-en-examen-pour-association-de-malfaiteurs-terroriste-criminelle_6099595_3224.html open ↗
- Sept personnes interpellées dans un dossier lié au complotiste Rémy Daillet, figure de l'ultra-droite — https://www.francetvinfo.fr/faits-divers/enlevements/enlevement-de-mia/sept-personnes-interpellees-dans-un-dossier-lie-au-complotiste-remy-daillet-figure-de-l-ultra-droite_5039301.html open ↗
- How conspiracies like QAnon are slowly creeping into some Canadian churches — https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/marc-andre-argentino-qanon-john-van-sloten-ambrose-1.5766756 open ↗
- Armed man roamed Justin Trudeau's grounds for 13 minutes after ramming gates — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/03/armed-man-roamed-justin-trudeaus-grounds-for-13-minutes-after-ramming-gates open ↗
- Corey Hurren sentenced to 6 years in prison for breaching Rideau Hall gates while armed — https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/corey-hurren-rideau-hall-sentencing-decision-1.5943612 open ↗
- 5G and QAnon: how conspiracy theorists steered Canada's anti-vaccine trucker protest — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/08/canada-ottawa-trucker-protest-extremist-qanon-neo-nazi open ↗
- QAnons Are Harassing People at the Whim of a Woman They Say Is Canada's Queen — https://www.vice.com/en/article/qanons-are-harassing-people-at-the-whim-of-a-woman-they-say-is-canadas-queen-romana-didulo/ open ↗
- Queen of Canada': the rapid rise of a fringe QAnon figure sounds alarm — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/23/queen-of-canada-qanon-rise-conspiracy-alarm open ↗
- Inside the QAnon Queen's Cult: 'The Abuse Was Non-Stop — https://www.vice.com/en/article/qanon-queen-romana-didulo-cult-convoy-canada/ open ↗
- QAnon: how the far-right cult took Australians down a 'rabbit hole' of extremism — https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/14/qanon-how-the-far-right-cult-took-australians-down-a-rabbit-hole-of-extremism open ↗
- The U.S. Exported QAnon to Australia and New Zealand. Now It's Creeping Into COVID-19 Lockdown Protests — https://time.com/5894139/qanon-australia-new-zealand-conspiracy-theory/ open ↗
- QAnon en América Latina: cómo y por qué grupos asociados a esta polémica teoría conspirativa se han multiplicado en la región — https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-53936695 open ↗
- Down the rabbit hole: how QAnon conspiracies thrive on Facebook — https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jun/25/qanon-facebook-conspiracy-theories-algorithm open ↗
- How QAnon, the conspiracy theory spawned by a Trump quip, got so big and scary — https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2018/08/01/how-qanon-the-conspiracy-theory-spawned-by-a-trump-quip-got-so-big-and-scary/ open ↗
- QAnon, once a fringe conspiracy theory, edges into the mainstream: 'Things could get much, much worse — https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/qanon-fringe-conspiracy-theory-edges-mainstream-things-worse/story?id=72751829 open ↗
- US Capitol police warn of possible militia plot to breach Congress — https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56275335 open ↗
- A Guide to QAnon, the New King of Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories — https://www.vice.com/en/article/what-is-qanon-conspiracy-theory/ open ↗
- How 'the Storm' Became the Biggest Fake News Story of 2018 — https://www.newsweek.com/how-storm-biggest-fake-news-story-796725 open ↗
- How Seth Rich's death became an Internet conspiracy theory — http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-seth-rich-conspiracy-20170523-htmlstory.html open ↗
- A conspiratorial tale of murder, with Fox News at the center — https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-conspiratorial-tale-of-murder-with-fox-news-at-the-center/2017/05/17/6a4d1f5a-3b14-11e7-a058-ddbb23c75d82_story.html open ↗
- Conspiracy theory claims Trump is a 'secret genius who pretended to collude with Russia to defeat child sex traffickers — https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/conspiracy-theory-donald-trump-genius-hilary-clinton-roseanne-barr-barack-obama-george-soros-america-politics-latest-a8293806.html open ↗
- We are Q': A deranged conspiracy cult leaps from the Internet to the crowd at Trump's 'MAGA' tour — https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/08/01/we-are-q-a-deranged-conspiracy-cult-leaps-from-the-internet-to-the-crowd-at-trumps-maga-tour/ open ↗
- Fact-checking QAnon conspiracy theories: Did J.P. Morgan sink the Titanic? — https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/08/04/how-j-p-morgan-didnt-sink-the-titanic-and-other-qanon-conspiracy-theories-debunked/ open ↗
- QAnon is the conspiracy theory that won't die — https://www.salon.com/2019/08/18/qanon-is-the-conspiracy-theory-that-wont-die-heres-what-they-believe-and-why-theyre-wrong/ open ↗
- Apocalypse in America: The Smell of Fascism in the pro-Trump QAnon Conspiracy — https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2021-01-14/ty-article-opinion/.premium/qanon-trump-conspiracy-violence-attack-capitol/0000017f-f55e-d887-a7ff-fdfeebb70000 open ↗
- QAnon explained: the antisemitic conspiracy theory gaining traction around the world — https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/25/qanon-conspiracy-theory-explained-trump-what-is open ↗
- How QAnon believers became obsessed with Tom Hanks — https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/how-QAnon-became-obsessed-with-Tom-Hanks-16913144.php open ↗
- You don't have a 'right' to coordinate attacks': Chrissy Teigen backs Twitter's QAnon crackdown — https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/22/twitter-qanon-ban-chrissy-teigen/ open ↗
- Fact Check-False news article about Tom Hanks — https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-tom-executed-idUSL1N2PC2NK open ↗
- Fact check: Avicii, Bennington, Cornell and Bourdain were not working on a child sex trafficking documentary and did take their own lives — https://www.reuters.com/article/world/fact-check-avicii-bennington-cornell-and-bourdain-were-not-working-on-a-child-idUSKCN25F19S/ open ↗
- Fact check: False claim that celebrities' deaths linked to child sex trafficking documentary — https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/01/18/fact-check-no-link-between-celebrities-deaths-documentary-project/9169646002/ open ↗
- Shocked by Trump's Loss, QAnon Struggles to Keep the Faith — https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/technology/qanon-election-trump.html open ↗
- Some QAnon followers lose hope after inauguration — https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/some-qanon-followers-struggle-inauguration-day-n1255002 open ↗
- Are we the sheep?': QAnon believers struggle to process Gavin Newsom recall election in California — https://www.sfgate.com/gavin-newsom-recall/article/QAnon-conspiracies-california-governor-recall-16455748.php open ↗
- QAnon supporters gather over theory that JFK Jr. will emerge, announce Trump to be reinstated — https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/11/02/texas-qanon-believers-back-theory-trump-reinstated/6255234001/ open ↗
- The Dark Virality of a Hollywood Blood-Harvesting Conspiracy — https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-the-dark-virality-of-a-hollywood-blood-harvesting-conspiracy/ open ↗
- How QAnon Became Obsessed With 'Adrenochrome,' an Imaginary Drug Hollywood Is 'Harvesting' from Kids — https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-qanon-became-obsessed-with-adrenochrome-an-imaginary-drug-hollywood-is-harvesting-from-kids open ↗
- 1952JAChS..74.2441S — https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1952JAChS..74.2441S open ↗
- Synthesis of dl-Adrenalin-β-C 14 and dl-Adrenochrome-β-C 14 — Journal of the American Chemical Society (1952) — https://doi.org/10.1021%2Fja01129a531 open ↗
- Fact check: 35,000 'malnourished' and 'caged' children were not recently rescued from tunnels by U.S. military — https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-children-rescued-tunnels-idUSKBN23M2EL open ↗
- QAnon Promotes Pedo-Ring Conspiracy Theories. Now They're Stealing Kids — https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanon-promotes-pedo-ring-conspiracy-theories-now-theyre-stealing-kids open ↗
- Facebook cracks down on QAnon hashtag #SaveOurChildren — https://www.cnn.com/tech/live-news/social-media-misinformation-october/h_1d30dc1859947caeb2797638918ffb26 open ↗
- QAnon Followers Are Hijacking the #SaveTheChildren Movement — https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/technology/qanon-save-the-children-trafficking.html open ↗
- QAnon's 'Save the Children' morphs into popular slogan — https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-child-trafficking-illinois-morris-aab978bb7e9b89cd2cea151ca13421a0 open ↗
- Wayfair: The false conspiracy about a furniture firm and child trafficking — https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53416247 open ↗
- Fact check: Home goods retailer Wayfair is not involved in child sex trafficking — https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/07/22/fact-check-wayfair-not-involved-child-sex-trafficking/5460739002/ open ↗
- A new phenomenon as QAnon conspiracy spreads: Nationwide #SavetheChildren rallies — https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/qanon-looms-behind-nationwide-rallies-viral-hashtags-n1237722 open ↗
- Facebook, QAnon and the world's slackening grip on reality — https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/11/how-2020-transformed-big-tech-the-story-of-facebook-qanon-and-the-worlds-slackening-grip-on-reality open ↗
- QAnon's Newest Hero Is D-List 'Vanderpump Rules' Star Isaac Kappy — https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanons-newest-hero-is-a-d-list-vanderpump-rules-star open ↗
- How conspiracy theorists taint the justice they seek — https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/07/10/how-conspiracy-theorists-taint-justice-they-seek/ open ↗
- QAnon Joins Vigilantes at the Southern Border — https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/09/us/border-qanon-arizona.html open ↗
- QAnon Followers Think JFK Jr. Is Coming Back on the 4th of July — https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/qanon-jfk-jr-conspiracy-theory-854938/ open ↗
- Why some QAnon believers think JFK Jr is still alive – and about to be vice president — https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/qanon-jfk-jr-alive-trump-b1995594.html open ↗
- QAnon supporters gather in downtown Dallas expecting JFK Jr. to reappear — https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2021/11/02/qanon-supporters-gather-in-downtown-dallas-expecting-jfk-jr-to-reappear/ open ↗
- Qanon supporters gather at JFK assassination site in belief JFK Jr will return — https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/qanon-supporters-jfk-jr-dallas-b1962575.html open ↗
- How a Custody Fight Plus QAnon Turned Deadly — https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-online-conspiracies-turn-deadly-a-custody-battle-and-a-killing-11617376764 open ↗
- How the far-right group 'Oath Enforcers' plans to harass political enemies — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/06/far-right-group-oath-enforcers open ↗
- China coronavirus: Misinformation spreads online about origin and scale — https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-51271037 open ↗
- Popular QAnon promoter dies of COVID in California — https://www.sfgate.com/coronavirus/article/Popular-QAnon-promoter-dies-of-COVID-in-California-16760824.php open ↗
- Coronavirus: How a false rumour led to hate online — https://www.bbc.com/news/53061563 open ↗
- How Covid-19 myths are merging with the QAnon conspiracy theory — https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-53997203 open ↗
- It's almost like grooming': how anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists, and the far-right came together over COVID — https://theconversation.com/its-almost-like-grooming-how-anti-vaxxers-conspiracy-theorists-and-the-far-right-came-together-over-covid-168383 open ↗
- Analysis: Russia and QAnon have the same false conspiracy theory about Ukraine — https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/media/biolab-ukraine-russia-qanon-false-conspiracy-theory/index.html open ↗
- China and QAnon embrace Russian disinformation justifying war in Ukraine — https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220312-china-and-qanon-embrace-russian-disinformation-justifying-war-in-ukraine open ↗
- California dad killed his kids over QAnon and 'serpent DNA' conspiracy theories, feds claim — https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-dad-killed-his-kids-over-qanon-serpent-dna-conspiracy-n1276611 open ↗
- Like QAnon's Capitol rioters, the Nashville bomber's lizard people theory is deadly serious — https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/qanon-s-capitol-rioters-nashville-bomber-s-lizard-people-theory-ncna1253819 open ↗
- Qanon-Believing Proud Boy Accused of Murdering 'Lizard' Brother With Sword — https://www.thedailybeast.com/proud-boy-member-accused-of-murdering-his-brother-with-a-sword-4 open ↗
- Michael Flynn Is Now Selling QAnon Merch — https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-flynn-is-now-selling-qanon-merch/ open ↗
- QAnon's Mysterious Leader 'Q' Is Actually Multiple People — https://www.vice.com/en/article/qanons-mysterious-leader-q-is-actually-multiple-people/ open ↗
- A parent's guide to the secret language of internet extremists — https://www.cbsnews.com/news/incels-radicalization-glossary-parents-cbsn-orginals-extremists-next-door/ open ↗
- The men behind QAnon — https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/men-qanon/story?id=73046374 open ↗
- Was the Identity of Q Really Just Revealed? Here's Everything We Know — https://slate.com/technology/2020/09/qanon-identity-revealed-explained.html open ↗
- Filmmaker says he potentially uncovered man behind QAnon — https://edition.cnn.com/videos/media/2021/04/06/qanon-identity-hbo-filmmaker-ac360-vpx.cnn open ↗
- A QAnon revelation suggests the truth of Q's identity was right there all along — https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/05/ron-watkins-qanon-hbo/ open ↗
- Ron Watkins denies he is QAnon leader ahead of 'Into the Storm' HBO show — https://www.newsweek.com/qanon-ron-watkins-q-hbo-storm-1577318 open ↗
- Who is QAnon? Two studies help uncover the true identity of viral conspiracy movement — https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/qanon-founder-who-forensic-linguists-q-b2019432.html open ↗
- What is the QAnon conspiracy theory? — https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is-the-qanon-conspiracy-theory/ open ↗
- What the Pizzagate conspiracy theory borrows from a bogus satanic sex panic of the 1980s — https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/12/08/the-satanic-roots-of-pizzagate-how-a-30-year-old-sex-panic-explains-today/ open ↗
- America's Satanic Panic Returns — This Time Through QAnon — https://www.npr.org/2021/05/18/997559036/americas-satanic-panic-returns-this-time-through-qanon open ↗
- Stand Against the Wiles of the Devil': Interpreting QAnon as a Pseudo-Christian Extremist Movement — https://doi.org/10.1177%2F08969205241228744 open ↗
- QAnon, Conspiracy, and White Evangelical Apocalypse — https://contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-modernities/qanon-evangelical-apocalypse/ open ↗
- QAnon—Religious Roots, Religious Responses — https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08969205211063565 open ↗
- QAnon—Religious Roots, Religious Responses — Critical Sociology (2021) — https://doi.org/10.1177%2F08969205211063565 open ↗
- Demons of the deep state: how evangelicals and conspiracy theories combine in Trump's America — https://theconversation.com/demons-of-the-deep-state-how-evangelicals-and-conspiracy-theories-combine-in-trumps-america-144898 open ↗
- QAnon is an old form of anti-Semitism in a new package, say experts — https://www.timesofisrael.com/qanon-is-an-old-form-of-anti-semitism-in-a-new-package-say-experts/ open ↗
- Fact check: Sculpture is evidence of antisemitic blood libel, not false QAnon conspiracy theory — https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/02/03/fact-check-qanons-adrenochrome-conspiracy-theory-baseless/9268681002/ open ↗
- Mary Ann Mendoza pulled from RNC lineup after retweeting anti-Semitic QAnon conspiracy — https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mary-ann-mendoza-pulled-rnc-lineup-retweeting-anti/story?id=72607904 open ↗
- QAnon power vacuum on Telegram is being exploited by antisemitic extremists, ADL says — https://www.cbsnews.com/news/qanon-conspiracy-power-vacuum-telegram-ghostezra-adl/ open ↗
- QAnon Is Becoming Even More Antisemitic — https://www.vice.com/en/article/qanon-is-becoming-even-more-antisemitic/ open ↗
- Meet the Antisemitic QAnon Leader Who Led Followers to Dallas to Meet JFK — https://www.vice.com/en/article/qanon-dallas-jfk-michael-brian-protzman-negative48/ open ↗
- Online Conspiracy Groups Are a Lot Like Cults — https://www.wired.com/story/online-conspiracy-groups-qanon-cults/ open ↗
- QAnon is tearing families apart — https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/09/14/qanon-families-support-group/ open ↗
- The Atlantic Daily: QAnon Is a New American Religion — https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2020/05/qanon-q-pro-trump-conspiracy/611722/ open ↗
- The Church of QAnon: Will conspiracy theories form the basis of a new religious movement? — https://theconversation.com/the-church-of-qanon-will-conspiracy-theories-form-the-basis-of-a-new-religious-movement-137859 open ↗
- I understand the temptation to dismiss QAnon. Here's why we can't — https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/07/qanon-isnt-just-conspiracy-theory-its-highly-effective-game/ open ↗
- The Flashing Warning of QAnon — https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-flashing-warning-of-qanon open ↗
- In QAnon-linked US candidates, populism meets conspiracy — https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/16/in-qanon-linked-us-candidates-populism-meets-conspiracy open ↗
- Christmas Is the Loneliest Time for Qanon Fans — https://www.thedailybeast.com/christmas-is-the-loneliest-time-for-qanon-fans open ↗
- Lawyer: Shooter Wasn't Trying To Kill A Mob Boss. He Was Under 'QAnon' Delusion — https://www.npr.org/2019/07/22/744244166/shooters-lawyer-he-wasn-t-trying-to-kill-a-mob-boss-he-was-under-qanon-delusion?t=1644826445108 open ↗
- How conspiracy theories spread from the Internet's darkest corners — https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/09/18/how-conspiracy-theories-spread-internets-darkest-corners/ open ↗
- New poll: the QAnon conspiracy movement is very unpopular — https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/08/30/the-qanon-conspiracy-movement-is-very-unpopular-our-new-poll-finds/ open ↗
- 76% of Americans have never heard of QAnon — https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/01/politics/qanon-pew-poll/index.html open ↗
- Even if they haven't heard of QAnon, most Trump voters believe its wild allegations — https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/20/even-if-they-havent-heard-qanon-most-trump-voters-believe-its-wild-allegations/ open ↗
- Survey finds 3 in 10 Republicans believe QAnon child sex-trafficking theory — https://www.timesofisrael.com/survey-finds-3-in-10-republicans-believe-qanon-child-sex-trafficking-theory/ open ↗
- Hispanic Americans are curious about QAnon too — https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/06/10/hispanic-americans-are-curious-about-qanon-too open ↗
- Belief in QAnon has strengthened in US since Trump was voted out, study finds — https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/23/qanon-believers-increased-america-study-finds open ↗
- QAnon and the storm of the U.S. Capitol: The offline effect of online conspiracy theories — https://theconversation.com/qanon-and-the-storm-of-the-u-s-capitol-the-offline-effect-of-online-conspiracy-theories-152815 open ↗
- How the wellness and influencer crowd serve conspiracies to the masses — https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/feb/25/how-the-wellness-and-influencer-crowd-served-conspiracies-to-the-masses open ↗
- Why are QAnon believers obsessed with 4 March? — https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-56260345 open ↗
- QAnon believers grapple with doubt, spin new theories as Trump era ends — https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/20/qanon-trump-era-ends/ open ↗
- Fact check: No basis for claims that President Joe Biden's inauguration was faked — https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/28/fact-check-president-joe-biden-inauguration-real-well-documented/4268923001/ open ↗
- Fact check: Biden family Bible used during his oath is historically Roman Catholic, not connected to Illuminati or Freemasons as posts claim — https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-fact-check-biden-bible-illuminati-fre-idUSKBN29W2M9 open ↗
- QAnon's 'Great Awakening' failed to materialize. What's next could be worse — https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/20/qanon-biden-inauguration-trump-antisemitism-white-nationalism open ↗
- Founder of bizarre new religion targeting QAnon believers 'unmasked — https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/sabmyk-network-qanon-conspiracy-theories-b1820639.html open ↗
- Unmasked: man behind cult set to replace QAnon — https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/20/revealed-man-behind-fast-growing-cult-becoming-the-new-qanon-sabmyk-network open ↗
- Q' returns with first new post in 18 months for far-right QAnon conspiracy theorists — https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/qanon-conspiracy-theory-trump-right-b2109369.html open ↗
- QAnon Creator 'Q' Returns After Nearly Two-Year Hiatus — https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanon-creator-q-returns-after-nearly-two-year-hiatus open ↗
- New post from QAnon targets Cassidy Hutchinson — https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/07/01/qanon-targets-cassidy-hutchinson-osullivan-sot-ac360-vpx.cnn open ↗
- Q Is Dead, Long Live QAnon — https://www.vice.com/en/article/qanon-q-drop-midterms/ open ↗
- The QAnon catchphrases that took over the Jackson hearings — https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/04/05/qanon-groomer-hawley-desantis-jackson/ open ↗
- QAnon accounts make a dent in voting discussion on Twitter — https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/qanon-accounts-make-dent-voting-discussion-twitter-n1243748 open ↗
- QAnon's Dominion voter fraud conspiracy theory reaches the president — https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/q-fades-qanon-s-dominion-voter-fraud-conspiracy-theory-reaches-n1247780 open ↗
- No, Dominion voting machines did not delete Trump votes — https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/technology/no-dominion-voting-machines-did-not-delete-trump-votes.html open ↗
- Fact check: Evidence disproves claims of Italian conspiracy to meddle in U.S. election (known as #ItalyGate) — https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-fact-check-debunking-italy-gate-idUSKBN29K2N8 open ↗
- How Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, promoter of QAnon's baseless theories, rose with support from key Republicans — https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/greene-qanon-house-trump-republicans/2021/01/30/321b4258-623c-11eb-ac8f-4ae05557196e_story.html open ↗
- QAnon merges with white extremists and spreads new conspiracy Trump will be president again on March 4 — https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/qanon-trump-march-sovereign-citizen-fbi-b1792830.html open ↗
- Trump Hotel raised prices to deter QAnon conspiracists, police files show — https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/22/trump-hotel-washington-qanon-conspiracy-theorists open ↗
- QAnon Thinks Trump Will Become President Again on March 4 — https://www.vice.com/en/article/qanon-thinks-trump-will-become-president-again-on-march-4/ open ↗
- Podcaster explains QAnon belief behind March 4th — https://edition.cnn.com/videos/media/2021/02/10/qanon-march-fourth-conspiracy-theory-julian-feeld-newday-camerota-vpx.cnn open ↗
- Capitol Police Warn of Threat on Thursday, and House Cancels the Day's Session — https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/us/politics/capitol-riot-qanon-trump.html open ↗
- Extremists intensify calls for violence ahead of Inauguration Day — https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/us/online-extremism-inauguration-capitol-invs/index.html open ↗
- Who were the Capitol insurrectionists? — https://www.ft.com/content/8ee1f26a-619a-46d2-98c2-be3eb34fcd5e open ↗
- QAnon supporter from Arizona dressed in fur and horns joins storming of US Capitol — https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/06/arizona-qanon-supporter-jake-angeli-joins-storming-us-capitol/6570514002/ open ↗
- Woman killed in Capitol was Trump supporter who embraced conspiracy theories — https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-killed-capitol-was-trump-supporter-who-embraced-conspiracy-theories-n1253285 open ↗
- Woman killed in siege of U.S. Capitol was veteran who embraced conspiracy theories — https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-election-death-idUKKBN29C2NX open ↗
- Facebook Removes 'Stop The Steal' Content; Twitter Suspends QAnon Accounts — https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-capitol/2021/01/12/956003580/facebook-removes-stop-the-steal-content-twitter-suspends-qanon-accounts open ↗
- Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting coup — https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63885028 open ↗
- Roseanne tweets support of Trump conspiracy theory, confuses Twitter — https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/31/politics/roseanne-barr-conspiracy-tweets/index.html open ↗
- The conspiracy theory behind a curious Roseanne Barr tweet, explained — https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/03/31/the-conspiracy-theory-behind-a-curious-roseanne-barr-tweet-explained/ open ↗
- The Conspiracy Theory That Says Trump Is a Genius — https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/opinion/qanon-trump-conspiracy-theory.html open ↗
- Conspiracy theorist shares Oval Office photo with Trump — https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/conspiracy-theorist-shares-oval-office-photo-with-trump/2018/08/24/8363548a-a816-11e8-a656-943eefab5daf_story.html open ↗
- Jim Caviezel Emulates 'Braveheart' Speech to Cheering Crowd at QAnon Convention — https://www.newsweek.com/jim-caviezel-braveheart-qanon-convention-las-vegas-1642133 open ↗
- 25 Most Influential People on the Internet — https://time.com/5324130/most-influential-internet/ open ↗
- QAnon: Conspiracy theorists determined to expose a 'deep state' child abuse ring show up to support Trump in Tampa — https://www.newsweek.com/what-qanon-conspiracy-theorists-showed-support-trump-tampa-rally-1051708 open ↗
- Opinion: QAnon is terrifying. This is why — https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/08/02/what-makes-qanon-so-scary/ open ↗
- House votes to condemn baseless QAnon conspiracy theory — https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/election-qanon-house-democrats/2020/10/02/272fc09e-04bd-11eb-b7ed-141dd88560ea_story.html open ↗
- False G.O.P. Ad Prompts QAnon Death Threats Against a Democratic Congressman — https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/technology/false-gop-ad-prompts-qanon-death-threats-against-a-democratic-congressman.html open ↗
- 17 Republican Members of Congress Vote Against Condemning QAnon — https://www.thedailybeast.com/17-republicans-members-of-congress-vote-against-condemning-qanon open ↗
- QAnon Is Going After Members of Congress Now — https://slate.com/technology/2020/10/qanon-malinowski-congress-threats.html open ↗
- A QAnon Believer Is Running for Congress and Is Currently Unopposed in His Republican Primary — https://www.thedailybeast.com/matthew-lusk-meet-the-first-qanon-believer-running-for-congress open ↗
- Pro-Trump Republican aiming to unseat Ilhan Omar charged with felony theft — https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/25/danielle-stella-republican-ilhan-omar-charged-felony-qanon-trump open ↗
- QAnon Now Has Its Very Own Super PAC — https://www.vice.com/en/article/qanon-now-has-its-very-own-super-pac/ open ↗
- QAnon Supporter Who Made Bigoted Videos Wins Ga. Primary, Likely Heading To Congress — https://www.npr.org/2020/08/12/901628541/qanon-supporter-who-made-bigoted-videos-wins-ga-primary-likely-heading-to-congre open ↗
- Republican lawmaker slams far-right conspiracy theory QAnon. Trump's team fires back — https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/12/gop-lawmaker-calls-out-qanon-trump-team-fires-back/3358628001/ open ↗
- The US Senate candidate who took a QAnon pledge — https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/22/politics/jo-rae-perkins-qanon-oregon-senate-race/index.html open ↗
- The QAnon Candidates Are Here. Trump Has Paved Their Way — https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/politics/qanon-politicians-candidates.html open ↗
- Who is Lauren Boebert, the QAnon sympathizer who won a Republican primary? — https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/01/who-is-lauren-boebert-republican-primary-qanon-trump open ↗
- Trump ally running for Congress believes in baseless QAnon sex-trafficking conspiracy — https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/15/angela-stanton-king-qanon-conspiracy-theory open ↗
- The Republican Embrace of QAnon Goes Far Beyond Trump — https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/us/politics/qanon-trump-republicans.html open ↗
- An existential threat': The Republicans calling for their party to reject QAnon conspiracy theories — https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/10/politics/qanon-republican-party-congress/index.html open ↗
- What ever happened to QAnon? — https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/02/qanon-trump-history-republican-party/ open ↗
- QAnon-believing 'conspiracy analyst' meets Trump in the White House — https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/25/politics/donald-trump-qanon-white-house/index.html open ↗
- Trump retweets a post naming the alleged whistleblower — https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-retweets--then-deletes--a-post-naming-the-alleged-whistleblower/2019/12/28/aa518350-2989-11ea-9c21-2c2a4d2c2166_story.html open ↗
- Trump praises QAnon conspiracists, who 'like me very much — https://apnews.com/article/535e145ee67dd757660157be39d05d3f open ↗
- Trump Says QAnon Followers Are People Who 'Love Our Country — https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/us/politics/trump-qanon-conspiracy-theories.html open ↗
- Trump embraces QAnon conspiracy because 'they like me — https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/19/politics/donald-trump-qanon/index.html open ↗
- Trump praises baseless QAnon conspiracy theory, says he appreciates support of its followers — https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-praises-baseless-qanon-conspiracy-theory-says-he-appreciates-support-of-its-followers/2020/08/19/e50f8d46-e25e-11ea-8181-606e603bb1c4_story.html open ↗
- Trump again refuses to denounce QAnon — https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/15/politics/donald-trump-qanon-town-hall/index.html open ↗
- Rather than condemn the QAnon conspiracy theory, Trump elevates its dangerous central assertion — https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/15/rather-than-condemn-qanon-conspiracy-theory-trump-elevates-its-dangerous-central-assertion/ open ↗
- Trump openly embraces, amplifies QAnon conspiracy theories — https://apnews.com/article/technology-donald-trump-conspiracy-theories-government-and-politics-db50c6f709b1706886a876ae6ac298e2 open ↗
- How a Trump soundtrack became a QAnon phenomenon — https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/23/trump-qanon-song/ open ↗
- Trump Rally Plays Music Resembling QAnon Song, and Crowds React — https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/18/us/politics/trump-rally-qanon-music.html open ↗
- QAnon Figures Share Parody Fake Emails on Mike Pence 'Conspiring' Against Trump — https://www.newsweek.com/qanon-mike-pence-trump-lin-wood-1559280 open ↗
- Trump Team Backs Away From Lin Wood After Pence Tweets — https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-team-runs-away-from-lin-wood-after-pence-tweets open ↗
- Nothing can stop what's coming': Far-right forums that fomented Capitol riots voice glee in aftermath — https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/07/trump-online-siege/ open ↗
- Since Jan. 6, the pro-Trump Internet has descended into infighting over money and followers — https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/03/trump-qanon-online-money-war-jan6/ open ↗
- Michael Flynn and George Papadopoulos are scheduled to speak at a conference organized by a QAnon supporter — https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/08/michael-flynn-and-george-papadopoulos-are-scheduled-to-speak-at-a-conference-organized-by-a-qanon-supporter/ open ↗
- Secret donors and Trump allies: Inside the operation to push noncitizen voting laws in Florida and other states — https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-donors-and-trump-allies-inside-the-operation-to-push-noncitizen-voting-laws-in-florida-and-other-states/2019/07/21/e0604e2e-a359-11e9-b8c8-75dae2607e60_story.html open ↗
- Michael Flynn wants a judge to allow him to travel to a conference held by a QAnon fan — https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/08/michael-flynn-wants-a-judge-to-allow-him-to-travel-to-a-conference-held-by-a-qanon-fan/ open ↗
- Former Trump aide Flynn appears to make pledge to QAnon in July 4 video — https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-flynn-qanon-conspiracy-theory-independence-day-speech-slogan-a9602596.html open ↗
- Michael Flynn's Lawyer Denies Ex-Trump Aide Intentionally Used QAnon Slogan — https://www.newsweek.com/michael-flynn-lawyer-denies-qanon-slogan-1515574 open ↗
- Trump Plans Meeting on Arizona Birth Bill — https://archive.nytimes.com/thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/07/trump-plans-meeting-on-arizona-birth-bill/ open ↗
- Something is in those vaccines': Lawmaker says mandatory measles shots are 'Communist — https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/03/01/something-is-those-vaccines-lawmaker-says-mandatory-shots-are-communist-idea/ open ↗
- You want to see a temper tantrum?': Arizona Republican sides with Democrats, blocks voting bill — https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/lone-arizona-republican-votes-no-blocking-passage-voting-bill-n1264885 open ↗
- The Far Right Is Hailing Expelled Arizona Lawmaker and QAnon Fan as a Hero — https://www.vice.com/en/article/arizona-liz-harris-expelled-qanon/ open ↗
- How Kash Patel has used children's books and podcasts to promote conspiracy theories — https://www.npr.org/2024/12/09/nx-s1-5213692/kash-patel-conspiracy-theories-fbi open ↗
- Kash Patel is pushing conspiracies and his brand. He's poised to help lead a Trump administration — https://apnews.com/article/kash-patel-trump-administration-conspiracy-theories-d95fb9e4cce8e6ff7fb9c94b5a69e88d open ↗
- Apple, Google cashed in on Pizzagate-offshoot conspiracy app — https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/exclusive-apple-google-cashed-pizzagate-offshoot-conspiracy-app-n891726 open ↗
- Facebook removes accounts linked to QAnon conspiracy theory — https://apnews.com/article/0fdbc9ae690c64c0e3e9d26f9d93aab0 open ↗
- QAnon: Facebook takes action on conspiracy groups — https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53849295 open ↗
- Facebook bans some, but not all, QAnon groups and accounts — https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/facebook-bans-qanon-groups-accounts-72474326 open ↗
- Facebook to remove all QAnon pages ahead of US election — https://www.ft.com/content/53c9311b-8590-49a7-8904-de6adb4ca931 open ↗
- Facebook to ban QAnon-themed groups, pages and accounts in crackdown — https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/06/qanon-facebook-ban-conspiracy-theory-groups open ↗
- Twitter takes down 7,000 accounts linked to QAnon — https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/21/tech/twitter-qanon-crackdown/index.html open ↗
- Twitter bans 7,000 QAnon accounts, limits 150,000 others as part of broad crackdown — https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/twitter-bans-7-000-qanon-accounts-limits-150-000-others-n1234541 open ↗
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- Etsy Is Full of QAnon and Insurrection Merch — https://www.vice.com/en/article/etsy-is-full-of-qanon-and-insurrection-merch/ open ↗
- YouTube CEO won't say if company will ban QAnon — https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/12/tech/youtube-susan-wojcicki-boss-files/index.html open ↗
- YouTube Cracks Down on QAnon Conspiracy Theory, Citing Offline Violence — https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/technology/youtube-bans-qanon-violence.html open ↗
- YouTube joins Silicon Valley peers in preelection QAnon clampdown — https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/15/youtube-qanon-crackdown/ open ↗
- Facebook bans QAnon conspiracy theory accounts across all platforms — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-54443878 open ↗
- Facebook cracks down on QAnon hashtag #SaveOurChildren — https://edition.cnn.com/business/live-news/election-2020-misinformation/ open ↗
- Twitter suspends 70,000 accounts linked to QAnon — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-55638558 open ↗
- QAnon: TikTok blocks QAnon conspiracy theory hashtags — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53528400 open ↗
- Twitter bans Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell in QAnon account purge — https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/twitter-bans-michael-flynn-sidney-powell-qanon-account-purge-n1253550 open ↗
- QAnon learns to survive – and even thrive – after Silicon Valley's crackdown — https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/28/qanon-crackdown-election/ open ↗
- Parler 'free speech' app tops charts in wake of Trump defeat — https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54873800 open ↗
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- Facebook Removes QAnon Groups as It Expands Anti-Violence Policy — https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-removes-qanon-groups-as-it-expands-anti-violence-policy-11597869178 open ↗
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- People Think This Whole QAnon Conspiracy Theory Is A Prank On Trump Supporters — https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/its-looking-extremely-likely-that-qanon-is-probably-a open ↗
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- Trump Campaign Ad Features QAnon Signs — https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-campaign-ad-features-qanon-signs open ↗
- Fan of Trump and Farage raises far-right 'Q' flag at his Cornish castle — https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/11/trum-and-farage-supporter-flies-flag-for-qanon-rar-right-conspiracy open ↗
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- Complotisme : "Youtube a une responsabilité dans la visibilité et la toxicité" de Rémy Daillet, selon un spécialiste des cultures numériques — https://www.francetvinfo.fr/faits-divers/enlevements/enlevement-de-mia/complotisme-youtube-a-une-responsabilite-dans-la-visibilite-et-la-toxicite-de-remy-daillet-selon-un-specialiste-des-cultures-numeriques_4824721.html open ↗
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- Here’s What Trump’s ‘Nuclear Documents’ Could Be — https://www.wired.com/story/nuclear-documents-us-classification-system/ open ↗
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- History repeats itself: From the New Testament to QAnon — https://theconversation.com/history-repeats-itself-from-the-new-testament-to-qanon-156915 open ↗
- The FBI Declared QAnon a Domestic Terrorism Threat -- and Conspiracy Theorists Are Psyched — https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/qanon-domestic-terrorism-threat-conspiracy-theory-866288/ open ↗
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- The Shift: Think QAnon Is on the Fringe? So Was the Tea Party. — https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/technology/qanon-tea-party.html open ↗
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- QAnon Is Supposed to Be All About Protecting Kids. Its Primary Enabler Appears to Have Hosted Child Porn Domains. — https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/10/jim-watkins-child-pornography-domains/ open ↗
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- “Congressman Krishnamoorthi Requests Information From DNI Ratcliffe On Russian Use QAnon In Disinformation Efforts” — https://krishnamoorthi.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-krishnamoorthi-requests-information-dni-ratcliffe-russian-use-qanon open ↗
- “China and Russia 'weaponized' QAnon conspiracy around time of US Capitol attack, report says” — https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/politics/qanon-russia-china-amplification/index.html open ↗
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- “트럼프 변호사 시드니 파월은 극렬 QAnon 추종자다” — https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx8n8w/trumps-lawyer-sidney-powell-is-hardcore-qanon open ↗
- “QAnons Are Harassing People at the Whim of a Woman They Say Is Canada's Queen” — https://www.vice.com/en/article/3aqvkw/qanons-are-harassing-people-at-the-whim-of-a-woman-they-say-is-canadas-queen-romana-didulo open ↗
- “Inside the QAnon Queen's Cult: 'The Abuse Was Non-Stop'” — https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7ze5w/qanon-queen-romana-didulo-cult-convoy-canada open ↗
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- “QAnon Is Becoming Even More Antisemitic” — https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg8y73/qanon-is-becoming-even-more-antisemitic open ↗
- “Meet the Antisemitic QAnon Leader Who Led Followers to Dallas to Meet JFK” — https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5qpe7/qanon-dallas-jfk-michael-brian-protzman-negative48 open ↗
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- “Russian-backed organizations amplifying QAnon conspiracy theories, researchers say” — https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-election-qanon-russia/russian-backed-organizations-amplifying-qanon-conspiracy-theories-researchers-say-idUKKBN25K137 open ↗
- Russia-Backed Twitter Accounts Pushed QAnon Theory Right From Its Start, Says Report — https://www.thedailybeast.com/russia-backed-twitter-accounts-pushed-qanon-theory-right-from-its-start-says-report open ↗
- Russian Trolls Spread Baseless Conspiracy Theories Like Pizzagate And QAnon After The Election — https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/russian-trolls-spread-baseless-conspiracy-theories-like open ↗
- “Most-clicked link on Facebook spread doubt about Covid vaccine” — https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/most-clicked-link-on-facebook-spread-doubt-about-covid-vaccine-flknpp9n5 open ↗
- QAnon Now Has Its Very Own Super PAC — https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7eppz/qanon-now-has-its-very-own-super-pac open ↗
- Three years later, Facebook says it will ban QAnon — https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/06/tech/facebook-qanon/index.html open ↗
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- オシント新時代〜荒れる情報の海：Qアノンは「日本が生んだとも言える」発信元疑惑の親子、語った持論 — https://mainichi.jp/articles/20220313/k00/00m/030/031000c open ↗
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- Pastel QAnon' Is Infiltrating the Natural Parenting Community — https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/qanon-pastel-antivax-natural-parenting-community-freebirth-1098518/ open ↗
- Making sense of QAnon: What lies behind the conspiracy theory that's eating America? — https://www.salon.com/2020/08/30/making-sense-of-qanon-what-lies-behind-the-conspiracy-theory-thats-eating-america/ open ↗
- “QAnon Believers Are Pushing New Trump Conspiracy Theories on TikTok” — https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/qanon-conspiracy-theories-trump-tiktok-1118668/ open ↗
- H.Res.1154 – Condemning QAnon and rejecting the conspiracy theories it promotes, 116th Congress (2019–2020) — https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/1154/text open ↗
- Pizzagate: Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal — https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/anatomy-of-a-fake-news-scandal-125877/ open ↗
- Автор самой масштабной современной теории заговора QAnon почти перестал оставлять послания. Но его движение продолжает жить — https://meduza.io/feature/2019/06/30/avtor-samoy-masshtabnoy-sovremennoy-teorii-zagovora-qanon-pochti-perestal-ostavlyat-poslaniya-no-ego-dvizhenie-prodolzhaet-zhit open ↗
- There is a bizarre conspiracy theory called QAnon. Here's what it actually is — https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/what-is-qanon-b1790868.html open ↗
- QAnon Conspiracy Endorsed By 'Minecraft' Creator Markus 'Notch' Persson — https://www.newsweek.com/qanon-conspiracy-minecraft-creator-notch-markus-persson-1351465 open ↗
- HISTORY! Congress Poised to Get Its First QAnon Believer — https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-green-a-georgia-republican-is-poised-to-become-congress-first-qanon-believing-member open ↗
- What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory — https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/30/qanon-4chan-rightwing-conspiracy-theory-explained-trump open ↗
- QAnon Believers Struggle With the Two Hardest Words: 'President Biden — https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/qanon-joe-biden-inauguration-donald-trump-1116733/ open ↗
- On the Ground With the QAnon Believers Who Flocked to Dallas for the Grand Return of JFK Jr. — https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/qanon-kennedy-jfk-jr-dealey-plaza-dallas-1251929/ open ↗
- The Fringe QAnon 'Cult' Is Still Waiting for a JFK Jr. Miracle in Dallas — https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/qanon-dallas-conspiracy-theorist-jfk-still-there-1264953/ open ↗
- Is QAnon, the Latest pro-Trump Conspiracy Theory, anti-Semitic? — https://www.haaretz.com/hblocked?returnTo=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.haaretz.com%2Fus-news%2F2018-08-03%2Fty-article%2Fis-qanon-the-latest-pro-trump-conspiracy-theory-anti-semitic%2F0000017f-e8a2-da9b-a1ff-ecef80dd0000 open ↗
- How 'Ukrainian bioweapons labs' myth went from QAnon fringe to Fox News — https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/mar/18/ukrainian-bioweapons-labs-qanon-fox-news open ↗
- He Wasn't Seeking to Kill a Mob Boss. He Was Trying to Help Trump, His Lawyer Says — https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/nyregion/gambino-shooting-anthony-comello-frank-cali.html open ↗
- Accused of Killing a Gambino Mob Boss, He's Presenting a Novel Defense — https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/nyregion/gambino-shooting-anthony-comello-qanon.html open ↗
- Fact check: False claim persists online that Trump will be reinstated as president in August — https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/07/23/fact-check-trump-not-reinstated-president-august/8060880002/ open ↗
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Change history
Substantive edits logged per the score-updates policy.
- 2026-05-29Phase 1 Batch J: per-group recovery resources applied via programmatic palette (closest-fit by category + subCategory + score). Palette: Political cadre.
- 2026-05-20Score band scheme migrated from 4 bands to 5 (Minimal 0–5 / Low 6–12 / Moderate 13–20 / High 21–30 / Extreme 31–40). No CLCI value changed; the new Minimal band was carved out of the bottom of the previous Low band.
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Frequently asked questions
Q.Is QAnon Movement a cult?
CLCI Hub deliberately avoids the binary label "cult." Instead it places groups on a transparent 0–40 spectrum of documented control using Steven Hassan's BITE model (Behaviour, Information, Thought, Emotional). QAnon Movement scores 29 out of 40 — "High Control", at medium confidence. The score describes documented control patterns, not a judgement of members' sincerity or beliefs; many members do not personally experience the patterns listed.
Q.What is QAnon Movement's CLCI score?
QAnon Movement scores 29 out of 40 on the Cult-Like Control Index, which falls in the "High" band. That total is the sum of four BITE axes — Behaviour 6, Information 8, Thought 8, Emotional 7 — plus a signed modifier of +0 for aggravating or mitigating factors.
Q.Why does QAnon Movement score 29 on the CLCI?
The score reflects publicly documented patterns including: Single trusted information channel (Q drops, then various post-Q figures); Family severance reported in QAnonCasualties subreddit; Repeatedly reset apocalyptic 'Storm' timelines; Belief framework absorbs all contradicting evidence. These map onto the BITE axes of behaviour, information, thought, and emotional control, and a signed modifier of +0 is applied for factors such as financial demands, leadership accountability, and exit costs. Every claim is backed by the citations in the Sources section on this page.
Q.How reliable is the QAnon Movement rating?
This profile is rated Medium confidence. Medium confidence means the score rests on reputable journalism plus consistent ex-member testimony. CLCI scores are not fixed — they are revised whenever new public evidence appears, and groups that reform can score lower over time.
Q.Where can I get help regarding QAnon Movement?
If you or someone you care about is affected by QAnon Movement, start with the Recovery resources listed on this page. General cult-aware support is available from the International Cultic Studies Association (icsahome.com) and the Freedom of Mind Resource Center (freedomofmind.com). CLCI Hub is an educational resource, not a crisis service — if anyone is in immediate danger, contact local emergency services.
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Disclaimer. This profile is an educational summary based on publicly available reports. Many members of this group do not experience the patterns described. Individual congregations and chapters vary widely. If you or someone you know needs support, contact a licensed therapist or the International Cultic Studies Association.