Published May 11, 2021 Updated May 13, 2021, 10:09 am CDT
The individual(s) responsible for making message board posts under the pseudonym “Q,” who helped spark the QAnon conspiracy theory, may live on the West Coast of the U.S. and have a history of traveling in Asia. Featured Video Hide
A new report published by Bellingcat on Monday alongside The Q Origins Project analyzed metadata in photos posted by Q on the far-right message board 8kun and its predecessor 8chan between October 2017 and December 2020. Advertisement Hide
Where in the world is Q, the imageboard user whose mysterious “drops” spawned an army of followers? Thanks to image metadata, we may finally have an answer albeit a very broad one. https://t.co/TUntw4RFYr Bellingcat (@bellingcat) May 10, 2021
Q&A: Documentary Unravels Twisted Knots Of QAnon Movement
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Supporters of then-President Donald Trump fly a U.S. flag with a symbol from the QAnon conspiracy theory as they gather outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, ahead of the insurrection.
The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was predictable if you were following message boards on shadowy corners of the internet. Yeah, I thought Jan. 6 was going to be really bad, Cullen Hoback, director of the documentary
Q: Into the Storm, told NPR in a recent interview. I got hardly any sleep the two nights before it. I was very anxious going into that day.
Hoback followed the growth of the QAnon movement for three years and unravels the twisted knots of the conspiracy theory in a six-part series on HBO. He focuses on the interpersonal drama between those behind the website 8chan (later 8kun), where an enigmatic Q posted false conspiracy theories that convinced millions there were nefarious Democratic actors involved in child-trafficking rings.
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Supporters of then-President Donald Trump fly a U.S. flag with a symbol from the QAnon conspiracy theory as they gather outside the Capitol on Jan. 6 ahead of the insurrection. Win McNamee/Getty Images
The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was predictable if you were following message boards on shadowy corners of the internet. Yeah, I thought Jan. 6 was going to be really bad, Cullen Hoback, director of the documentary
Q: Into the Storm, told NPR in a recent interview. I got hardly any sleep the two nights before it. I was very anxious going into that day.
Q&A: Documentary Unravels Twisted Knots Of QAnon Movement
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The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was predictable, if you were following message boards on shadowy corners of the Internet. Yeah, I thought Jan. 6 was going to be really bad, Cullen Hoback, director of the documentary Q: Into the Storm, told NPR in a recent interview. I got hardly any sleep the two nights before it. I was very anxious going into that day.
Hoback followed the growth of the QAnon movement for three years and unravels the twisted knots of the conspiracy theory in a six-part series on HBO. He focuses on the interpersonal drama between those behind the website 8chan (later 8kun), where an enigmatic Q posted false conspiracy theories that convinced millions that there were nefarious Democratic actors involved in child-trafficking rings.
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