of government in the united states. and 0, this government insider, was posting his secrets on a little known website called 4chan, then 8chan, then 8kun these kind of very niche internet message boards. and the last time he posted something was shortly after the 2020 election. he posted a link to a song called we re not going to take it, and that was it. we thought this thing had disappeared. we thought it had kind of merged with the millions of people who believe that the us election had been stolen, and that the kind of satanic cabal element had kind of faded into the background, but now he we re assuming it s a he is back posting under the name of q on this same niche website called 8kun. and, irene, why now do you think? what s he posted on that, and why now?
supposedly captured the levers of government in the united states. and 0, this government insider, was posting his secrets on a little known website called 4chan, then 8chan, then 8kun. these kind of very niche internet message boards. and the last time he posted something was shortly after the 2020 election. he posted a link to a song called we re not going to take it. and that was it. we thought this thing had disappeared. we thought it had kind of merged with the millions of people who believe that the us election had been stolen and that the kind of satanic cabal element had kind of faded into the background, but now he we re assuming it s a he is back posting under the name of q on this same niche website, called 8kun. and, irene, why now do you think? what s he posted on that, and why now?
michigan school of information. irene, gabriel, welcome to the media show. hi, katie. hello. thank you. most welcome. gabriel, when we say 0 is back, how do we know this? what s happened 7 ok, so, 0 was this supposed figure who was supposed to be a government insider with high level security clearance who was revealing secrets about this cabal of satanic paedophiles that had supposedly captured the levers of government in the united states. and 0, this government insider, was posting his secrets on a little known website called 4chan, then 8chan, then 8kun these kind of very niche internet message boards. and the last time he posted something was shortly after the 2020 election. he posted a link to a song called we re not going to take it, and that was it.
who stole the 2020 us election. completely unfounded theories but believed by significant numbers. qanon supporters were amongst the mob that stormed the us capitol last year. the movement has been fuelled by the online postings of a user who signs off as q. and last week, after nearly two years of silence, 0 posted again. gabriel gatehouse is international editor at bbc news and the presenter of the radio a documentary series the coming storm that looks at the rise of qanon. and dr irene pasquetto is assistant professor at the university of michigan school of information. irene, gabriel, welcome to the media show. hi, katie. hello. thank you. most welcome. gabriel, when we say 0 is back, how do we know this? what s happened 7 ok, so, 0 was this supposed figure who was supposed to be a government insider with high level security clearance who was revealing secrets about this cabal of satanic paedophiles that had
years of silence, 0 posted again. gabriel gatehouse is international editor at bbc news and the presenter of the radio four documentary series the coming storm that looks at the rise of qanon. and dr irene pasquetto is assistant professor at the university of michigan school of information. irene, gabriel, welcome to the media show. hi, katie. hello. thank you. most welcome. gabriel, when we say 0 is back, how do we know this? what s happened 7 ok, so, 0 was this supposed figure who was supposed to be a government insider with high level security clearance who was revealing secrets about this cabal of satanic paedophiles that had supposedly captured the levers of government in the united states. and 0, this government insider,