Submitted by Cow Doctor
Facebook has deleted a large group dedicated to sharing and discussing QAnon conspiracy theories.
QAnon is a wide-ranging, unfounded conspiracy theory that a “deep state” network of powerful government, business and media figures are waging a secret war against Donald Trump.
A Facebook spokeswoman said the group was removed for “repeatedly posting content that violated our policies”.
Last month both Twitter and TikTok also cracked down on QAnon content.
Twitter banned thousands of accounts and said it would block QAnon urls, while TikTok deleted hashtags that signposted QAnon videos.
The deleted Facebook group, called Official Q/Qanon, had nearly 200,000 members.
There are, however, many other QAnon groups that are currently still active on the platform.
QAnon followers are mainly supporters of the US president.
Reuters reports that Official Q/QAnon “crossed the line” on bullying, harassment, hate speech and the sharing of potentially harmful misinformation.
The FBI last year issued a warning about “conspiracy theory-driven domestic extremists” and designated QAnon a potential domestic extremist threat.
What is QAnon?
By Shayan Sardarizadeh and Jack Goodman, BBC anti-disinformation team
QAnon is a wide-ranging, unfounded conspiracy theory that President Trump is having to fight against a clandestine “deep state” network of political, business, media and entertainment elites, often involving satanic plots and child trafficking.
QAnon began in October 2017 on the anonymous message board 4chan. A user claimed to have top-security clearance within the US government and signed off their posts anonymously as “Q” – hence the name QAnon. Q communicates in cryptic posts and claims to be involved directly in a secret Trump-led investigation of a global network of child abusers.
QAnon followed on from the “pizzagate” saga in 2016 – a fake theory about Democratic Party politicians running a paedophile ring out of a Washington pizza restaurant.
QAnon influencers have big audiences on social media. They urge followers to “do their own research” – in other words, watch YouTube videos and talk to other supporters – to solve Q’s puzzles. In its nearly three years of existence, the conspiracy has drawn huge traffic on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Reddit, attracting hundreds of thousands of dedicated followers. This includes celebrities and dozens of candidates running for Congress this year.
During the coronavirus pandemic, Q influencers have spread unfounded theories about coronavirus, calling it a “deep state” hoax and have promoted misinformation about face masks and vaccines.
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q might be real or it all might be fake but when the opposition tries to take them out,you gotta wonder
I’m with you Red. Q has always provided interesting info but I’ve never been convinced that he/she/them are truly real insiders. However, when you start taking flak ya gotta be over the target.
If it bothers the powers that be, it may be close to the truth. Everything is increasing in pace, the deep state is pulling out all the stops, they fear truths more than anything. WWG1WGA
Or it gives street credit to bullshit. “It must all be true if the gov/ Corp censored it” thus perpetuating the lie. maybe Qanon is legit but I’d give it the same odds as the Earth is flat.
It’s not a sphere.
LOL- some of the clowns that hang around here absolutely toxifying anything anyone posts will probably try to excoriate you for stating that. I have very few things to say here anymore because of that set. (One is a religious nut “out” West)
This as well from guess who…Bloomberg
https://www.bloombergquint.com/businessweek/qanon-is-running-amok-and-the-time-has-come-for-interventions
Cow Doc – The fact that these fuckers mock people who are against and aghast at pedophiles is telling. Even if Q is a total larp, who the fuck would even make fun and ridicule those who are against pedophiles? The Boy scouts, Vatican fuckers have already been outed. I have no idea what the truth is, but Q believers are not evil, IMO.
Lurker I totally agree with you. Whether Q is real or not, the ideas represented are those of truth and morality. Q has become a compass for many that points to true moral north. For that reason alone the phenomenon has been worthwhile. There has always been and will always be Good and Evil in this world until the time that the words of The Lords Prayer, “Thine kingdom come. Thine will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven”, become reality.
I agree with most things “Q” except for the parts where they think the Jews are to blame for everything and that they are behind every bit of the deep state.
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Just another reason to loathe the scumbag who owns Facefuck and his minions.
Meet the Deep State:
http://dissident-mag.com/2020/08/07/ttpn-jewish-activist-reveals-how-jews-use-worldwide-network-of-sayanim-to-silence-their-critics/
good article anon, until the last paragraph–
the holocaust did happen–
you can argue that the death toll was inflated but it definitely did happen–
So, then . . .
One of these things must be true.
Unit 8200
Loaded with gems:
“QAnon is a wide-ranging, unfounded conspiracy…
the “pizzagate” saga in 2016 – a fake theory….
promoted misinformation about face masks and vaccines.”
They must really be fucked.
2 year old description.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/10/luis-p-almeida/q-basics-by-q-researchers/
From the “Welcome to the Revolution“ comments section:
Note: Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn & his entire family took the oath (on Twitter) that Q had suggested that all patriots take. That oath ends with WWG1WGA – Where We Go One We Go All. Now watch the end of the video where Flynn & the rest of his family say these exact words.
I think that this, in itself, would, at least, cause one to pause & consider the significance of what is taking place – cheers.
These attacks keep coming, interesting where this is from.
https://www.ctc.usma.edu/the-qanon-conspiracy-theory-a-security-threat-in-the-making/
I still don’t know what to think about QAnon, but then again, I think just about anything anyone has to say nowadays has a high degree of lying behind it. On the other hand, for many months the Google Algorithms kept its postings way back between pages 5 to 7, and now its on page 1 not far down from the header. It makes you wonder.