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January 6 commission gives 15 social media companies 2 weeks to turn over records related to Capitol riot
The commission is looking for records about misinformation, efforts to overturn the 2020 election, …
Bryan Metzger
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Twitter suspends Trump allies and QAnon boosters Michael Flynn and Sidney Powell, and vows to permanently remove QAnon accounts
Social media sites have faced backlash and calls to ban users who instigated protesters who eventua…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Fired Trump attorney Sidney Powell cited a prominent QAnon figure in her lawsuit to overturn Georgia's election results
Powell, the scattershot attorney contesting the election results, cited Ron Watkins, a prominent fi…
Tom Porter
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8chan - the website connected to numerous mass shootings and conspiracy theories - has relaunched as '8kun'
Watkins is explicit on 8kun that legality is the line of enforcement for the site - the only speech…
Benjamin Goggin,Benjamin Gogg…
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Some QAnon believers are enraged by Trump's 2024 announcement and have started ignoring 'Q drops.' But experts say the movement is as fervent as ever.
QAnon was split by Trump's 2024 announcement, with many followers believing it betrayed their deepl…
Alia Shoaib
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What is the future of QAnon? What the return of 'Q' means for QAnon and the far-right conspiracy movement.
The anonymous leader of QAnon began posting new messages after a year and a half absence, sparking …
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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QAnon candidate Ron Watkins finished dead last in his Arizona GOP primary race
Watkins has repeatedly denied he is behind QAnon or that he is "Q," the anonymous figure that promo…
Connor Perrett
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An HBO filmmaker may have uncovered the identity of 'Q,' the shady figure behind QAnon
A filmmaker thinks he revealed the identity of "Q" after Ron Watkins, a longtime administrator of t…
Cheryl Teh
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A forum previously known for hosting mass shooters now gets most of its referral traffic from QAnon websites, data shows
Traffic data from analytics firm SimilarWeb shows that much of 8kun's traffic comes from QAnon-rela…
Rachel E. Greenspan
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Trump's endorsement for Arizona governor appears to have met with QAnon-linked conspiracy theorist Ron Watkins
Trump endorsee Kari Lake was shown posing next to the QAnon-linked conspiracy theorist Ron Watkins …
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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Who is Q? Why QAnon's ringleader may have been hiding in plain sight all along
QAnon researchers have long suggested that 8kun's owner and operator led the theory. Speculation co…
Rachel E. Greenspan
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NYC attorney general is investigating Twitch, Discord, and 4Chan over the Buffalo shooting
NYC AG Letitia James said she's investigating the platforms which the suspected shooter used to "pl…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Citigroup fires employee who ran popular QAnon conspiracy theory website
Citigroup confirmed to Insider that Jason Gelinas was no longer an employee after it was revealed t…
Rachel E. Greenspan
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Trump shared a video that featured a former administrator of QAnon's fringe message board spreading election misinformation
President Donald Trump tweeted an interview with the former administrator of 8chan and 8kun to spre…
Rachel E. Greenspan
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After the identity of 'Q' may have been revealed in a documentary, QAnon followers are calling it 'fake news'
An HBO filmmaker thought he uncovered the identity of the QAnon creator, but followers of the consp…
Rachel E. Greenspan
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One year after the Capitol riot, QAnon is evolving — and finding new ways to stay alive
In the absence of posts from anonymous user "Q," online influencers have grown the conspiracy theor…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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Gab, the social-media platform booming on the far-right, has posted direct QAnon quotes on Twitter
The corporate Twitter account for Gab, a social-media platform similar to Facebook, quoted a messag…
Rachel E. Greenspan
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Caesars Entertainment cancels a QAnon conference featuring Michael Flynn at its Las Vegas venue
Michael Flynn, Trump's ex-national security adviser, and a slew of other far-right activists were s…
Eliza Relman
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January 6 committee asks 35 major communication companies to 'preserve' metadata of 'potentially involved individuals'
Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless are among the lis…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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A well-known QAnon influencer dubbed the 'Q Shaman' has been arrested after playing a highly visible role in the Capitol siege
A leader in the QAnon conspiracy-theory movement kept popping up at Wednesday's Capitol siege in Wa…