[156], Conspiracy theories have tended to make headway in times of societal uncertainty, and help people to feel more in control in the face of disturbing information. [67][68] Proponents also claimed that Comet Ping Pong, a pizzeria in Washington, D.C., was a meeting ground for Satanic ritual abuse. View says: People in the QAnon community often talk about alienation from family and friends. [221], On August 21, 2020, Vice President Mike Pence said that he "doesn't know anything about" QAnon except that it is a conspiracy theory that he dismisses "out of hand. [119] The site administrator moot eventually settled the matter by creating the board dedicated to discussion of the show, "Pony" (/mlp/), and apologised on behalf of the moderation team for neglecting "one of the largest subcultures in 4chan's history". Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD's) are 2.95 times more prevalent in Japan than in the UK and the US. [71] [72] [73] Marjorie is strong on everything and never gives up – a real WINNER! [133][134], According to The Washington Post, "the site's users have managed to pull off some of the highest-profile collective actions in the history of the Internet. This included Spark, Vodafone, Vocus and 2degrees. [180][181][182] The next month she tweeted a video of her taking the "digital soldiers oath" that Q had requested followers to do three days earlier. [125] There is a ban on discussion of the show globally on the site outside of this board. [190] The images were initially posted on 4chan. [65] Douglas said of the board, "reading /b/ will melt your brain", and cited Encyclopedia Dramatica's definition of /b/ as "the asshole of the Internets [sic]". [256][257], QDrops, an app that promoted the conspiracy theory, was published on the Apple App Store and Google Play. [55][56], In April 2010, Poole gave evidence in the trial United States of America v. David Kernell as a government witness. 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The 4chan imageboards were rewritten in valid HTML5/CSS3 in May 2012 in an effort to improve client-side performance. Her rise to exposure began in late 2008 and early 2009, surrounding self-made videos that were initially made to be posted to her Gaia Online profile. [34], In 2010, 4chan had implemented reCAPTCHA in an effort to thwart spam arising from JavaScript worms. [24][32][283] Since a copy of the Office of the Inspector General report had been released the day before, the man had been motivated by a Q "drop" which claimed the released version of the report had been heavily modified and that Trump possessed a more damning version but had declined to release it. "[208], According to analysis by Media Matters, as of August 20, 2020, Trump had amplified QAnon messaging at least 216 times by retweeting or mentioning 129 QAnon-affiliated Twitter accounts, sometimes multiple times a day. [154] Rachel Bernstein, an expert on cults who specializes in recovery therapy, said, "What a movement such as QAnon has going for it, and why it will catch on like wildfire, is that it makes people feel connected to something important that other people don't yet know about. Conspiracy theories usually deny consensus or cannot be proven using the historical or scientific method and are not to be confused with research concerning verified conspiracies such as Germany's pretense for invading Poland in World War II. The news of the death was posted on 4chan about 38 minutes before ABC News reported it. [194] The allegations were followed by a harassment campaign against several women in the video game industry, organized by 4chan users,[195] particularly /r9k/. [115] Similarly, the Dutch television guide Avrobode[116] used one of the images. [72], The main tenets of the QAnon ideology were already present at 4chan before Q's appearance, including claims that Hillary Clinton was directly involved in a pedophile ring, that Robert Mueller was secretly working with Trump, and that large-scale military tribunals were imminent. [18] In a 2011 interview on Nico Nico Douga, Poole explained that there are approximately 20 volunteer moderators active on 4chan. [79] Posts by Q later moved to 8chan, with Q citing concerns that the 4chan board had been "infiltrated". Discussion of the show began to spread to communities external to 4chan in reaction, including the establishment of the fan news website Equestria Daily, causing the show to reach a wider audience across the internet. This included "So I herd u liek mudkipz" [sic], which involved a phrase based on Pokémon and which generated numerous YouTube tribute videos,[13] and the term "an hero" [sic] as a synonym for suicide, after a misspelling in the Myspace online memorial of seventh grader Mitchell Henderson. In a video posted just hours before her arrest, Prim ranted about a video that she believed depicted Hillary Clinton and an aide murdering a child. "[223] In August 2020, Pence said that the problem with the press asking about QAnon and about anyone's apparent efforts to encourage it is that the press is asking the wrong questions ("chasing shiny objects"). [72] The idea of the "Storm", central to the QAnon canon, was claimed to have been copied from another poster named Victory of the Light, who predicted the "Event", in which mass, televised arrests of the "Cabal" were forthcoming. He'll find her, then call the cops. [231][232], On three occasions during 2019 and 2020, Trump's deputy chief of staff and social media director Dan Scavino tweeted ticking-clock memes QAnon believers use to signify the countdown until the "Storm". [203][204] Seventeen Republicans (including Steve King, Paul A. Gosar, and Daniel Webster) and one independent (Justin Amash) voted no; Republican Andy Harris voted "present. [235][236] On March 15, Kiev-based Rabochaya Gazeta, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Ukraine, published an article calling QAnon a "military intelligence group". They control politicians, and they control the media. [72] Instead of focusing on a limited supply of email material to comb through, the /HTG/ culture allowed users to actively participate in the imagined storylines. May 18, 2011", "Feds Raid Boy's Home Over 4chan Child Porn Post: Notorious site's administrators sparked DHS probe. [159][160] Further disillusionment came when a predicted December 5 mass arrest and imprisonment in Guantanamo Bay detention camp of Trump's enemies did not occur, nor did the dismissal of charges against Trump's former national security advisor Michael Flynn. [147] Later the same year, 4chan made numerous disruptive pranks directed at singer Justin Bieber.[148]. [174], In July 2020, Business Insider reported that according to Media Matters for America, a left-leaning media monitoring group, Trump's reelection campaign relied on a network of QAnon-related accounts to spread disinformation and propaganda on social media, especially Twitter. [155][156], On October 18, 2006, the Department of Homeland Security warned National Football League officials in Miami, New York City, Atlanta, Seattle, Houston, Oakland, and Cleveland about a possible threat involving the simultaneous use of dirty bombs at stadiums. There would be a car bombing in London around February 16, 2018. [213], On March 20, 2019, Australian telecom company Telstra denied access to millions of Australians to 4chan, 8chan, Zero Hedge and LiveLeak as a reaction to the Christchurch mosque shootings. Some attended 2019 Independence Day celebrations in Washington expecting Kennedy to appear. [169], Jarrad Willis, a 20-year-old from Melbourne, Australia was arrested on December 8, 2007, after apparently posting on 4chan that he was "going to shoot and kill as many people as I can until which time I am incapacitated or killed by the police". According to an expert in online conspiracy, Renee DiResta, QAnon's pattern of enticement is similar to that of cults in the pre-Internet era where, as the targeted person was led deeper and deeper into the group's secrets, they become increasingly isolated from friends and family outside the cult. [163], Around midnight on September 11, 2007, a student posted photographs of mock pipe bombs and another photograph of him holding them while saying he would blow up his high school—Pflugerville High School in Pflugerville, Texas—at 9:11 am on September 11. I have been subject to criminal attack. [154] Online support groups developed for those whose loved ones were drawn into QAnon, notably the subreddit r/QAnonCasualties, which grew from 3,500 participants in June 2020 to 28,000 by October. [308][309][310][311][312][313], Near Philadelphia's Convention Center, where mail-in ballots were being counted, two men from Virginia were taken into custody based on a tip of a threat of an attack with AR-15s. [306][307] Days earlier, Trump and Attorney General Bill Barr had amplified false social media rumors that planes and buses full of antifa activists were preparing to invade communities, allegedly funded by George Soros. As well as the failed predictions, Q has posted numerous false, baseless, and unsubstantiated claims, such as: Q's posts have become more cryptic and vague, allowing followers to map their own beliefs onto them. The average score on the feeling thermometer was just above 20, a very negative rating, and about half of what other political figures enjoy. In a press release, Twitter said, "We've been clear that we will take strong enforcement action on behavior that has the potential to lead to offline harm. "[203][204][207] The resolution does not have the force of law. "[141] The FBI and Secret Service began investigating the incident shortly after its occurrence. [258], In early 2019, Twitter removed accounts suspected of being connected to the Russian Internet Research Agency that had disseminated a high volume of tweets related to #QAnon that also used the #WWG1WGA slogan. The hoax was repeated on the far-right cable news outlet One America News Network, and Trump tweeted about it. Her son will be home from school soon. "[162] Other QAnon followers have adopted the Kennedy conspiracy theory, asserting that a Pittsburgh man named Vincent Fusca is Kennedy in disguise and would be Trump's 2020 running mate. They're finding QAnon instead", "The Dark Virality of a Hollywood Blood-Harvesting Conspiracy", "Fact-checking QAnon conspiracy theories: Did J.P. Morgan sink the Titanic? [21], In April 2009, Poole was voted the world's most influential person of 2008 by an open Internet poll conducted by Time magazine. "[165][166], According to FBI's counterterrorism director Michael G. McGarrity's testimony before Congress in May, the FBI divides domestic terrorism threats into four primary categories, "racially motivated violent extremism, anti-government/anti-authority extremism, animal rights/environmental extremism, and abortion extremism," which includes both pro-choice and anti-abortion extremists. [146] In January 2010, members of the site attacked YouTube again in response to the suspension of YouTube user lukeywes1234 for failing to meet the minimum age requirement of thirteen. [157] An online game has been developed that helps players understand how misinformation spreads, in part due to research showing that people who understand those mechanisms are less likely to be hooked themselves, although Go Viral! This prediction failed. [208], 4chan's founder Christopher Poole responded with the following:[209][210]. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in misinformation and conspiracy theories about the scale of the pandemic and the origin, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease.False information, including intentional disinformation, has been spread through social media, text messaging, and mass media.Journalists have been arrested for allegedly spreading fake news about the pandemic. "[303], Prim's Facebook page was filled with references to QAnon. [63] Users often refer to each other, and much of the outside world, as fags. That is changing, and things are getting dangerous", "How conspiracy theories spread from the Internet's darkest corners", "The Atlantic Daily: QAnon Is a New American Religion", "The Church of QAnon: Will conspiracy theories form the basis of a new religious movement? Presidential candidate Joe Biden responded that Trump was aiming to "legitimize a conspiracy theory that the FBI has identified as a domestic terrorism threat". Users submitted entries such as "Diabeetus", "Fapple", several variations of "Gushing Granny", and "Hitler did nothing wrong". [40], Travis View, a researcher who studies QAnon, says that it is as addictive as a video game, and offers the "player" the appealing possibility of being involved in something of world-historical importance. [157] Survey data showed in late 2020 that a quarter of those who knew about QAnon think there's some truth to it. [227], Michael Flynn—the former lieutenant general, head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and National Security Advisor to Trump—posted a video on July 4, 2020, to his Twitter account of him leading a small group in an oath with the QAnon motto, "Where we go one, we go all. [44] In July 2020, Twitter banned thousands of QAnon-affiliated accounts and changed its algorithms to reduce the conspiracy theory's spread. [278][279][280], On June 15, 2018, Matthew Phillip Wright of Henderson, Nevada, was arrested on terrorism and other charges for driving an armored truck,[281] containing an AR-15 and handgun, to the Hoover Dam and blocking traffic for 90 minutes. She had made many posts online relevant to QAnon beliefs and sent a friend a text message saying that Trump was "literally taking down the cabal and the pedophile ring. And, It Certainly Is Not Anti-Semitic To Point Out This Fact. [7] The result will be salvation and utopia on earth. [46] In a post titled "Winter is Coming", Hiroyuki Nishimura said, "We had tried to keep 4chan as is. The video featured future director of national intelligence John Ratcliffe criticizing former FBI director James Comey. [126] This apparent conflict of interest, combined with statements by 8chan's founder Fredrick Brennan, the use of a "Q" collar pin by 8chan owner Jim Watkins, and Watkins's financial interest in a QAnon super PAC that advertises on 8chan, have led numerous journalists and conspiracy theory researchers to believe that Watkins[127] or his son, 8chan's former administrator Ron Watkins, work with Q, know Q's identity, or are Q. [9] They have also claimed that Trump feigned conspiracy with Russians to enlist Robert Mueller to join him in exposing the sex trafficking ring and preventing a coup d'état by Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and George Soros. [note 1][22] After the site's creation, Poole invited users from the ADTRW subforum, many of whom were dissatisfied with the site's moderation, to visit 4chan, which he advertised as an English-language counterpart to Futaba Channel and a place for Western fans to discuss anime and manga. Neither Nishimura nor RapeApe responded to these allegations. Detail from the photo showing the QAnon patch. The life cycle includes a larval stage in an intermediate host such as termites. The National Post's David George-Cosh said it has been "widely reported" that Anonymous is associated with 4chan and 711chan, as well as numerous Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channels. A "smoking gun" video of Hillary Clinton would emerge in March 2018. Don't go to school tomorrow if you're in the northwest. Usage of #SaveTheChildren and Freedom for the Children, Incidents related to Trump's 2020 campaign, Comments by Trump and connected individuals, Misinformation on the 2020 Western United States wildfire season, Interruption of Ghislaine Maxwell court hearing. Ali had first visited 4chan "a week before [the FBI raid] happened". Boebert expressed tentative support for QAnon in an interview, but after winning the primary, attempted to distance herself from those statements, saying "I'm not a follower. QAnon (/ ˌ k j uː ə ˈ n ɒ n /) is a disproven and discredited far-right conspiracy theory alleging that a cabal of Satan-worshipping cannibalistic pedophiles is running a global child sex-trafficking ring and plotting against U.S. president Donald Trump, who is fighting the cabal. The other side, "Women for Trump" had the "O"s in "Women" and "for" pasted over with "Q"s. The images which included the altered signs were clearly taken at a Trump campaign rally, which have increasingly attracted adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory, so it is unknown if those particular signs were selected for inclusion deliberately or not. [118], Through its association with Anonymous, 4chan has become associated with Project Chanology, a worldwide protest against the Church of Scientology held by members of Anonymous. [33], Although there had previously been a strong left-libertarian contingent to 4chan activists, there was a gradual rightward turn on 4chan's politics board in the early-mid 2010s. One user commented, "seriously, /b/. [33] During the same year, the /soc/ board was created in an effort to reduce the number of socialization threads on /b/. Trump praises baseless QAnon conspiracy theory, says he appreciates support of its followers. It maintains an especially strong following in Germany. Thank you Anons, and thank you patriots. [22][73] The "Storm" became QAnon parlance for an imminent event in which thousands of alleged suspects will be arrested, imprisoned, and executed for being child-eating pedophiles. [187], On February 17, 2012, Thaddeus McMichael was arrested by the FBI for child pornography charges after posting comments on Facebook claiming that he possessed child pornography. [210][211][212] Shortly after Christmas 2019, Trump retweeted over a dozen QAnon followers. The video was viewed 650,000 times over the ensuing week. [7][8] QAnon supporters have accused many liberal Hollywood actors, Democratic politicians, and high-ranking government officials of being members of the cabal. [134], An October 2020 Yahoo-YouGov poll found that even if they had not heard of QAnon, a majority of Republicans and Trump supporters believed top Democrats were engaged in sex-trafficking rings and more than half of Trump supporters believed he was working to dismantle the rings. 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