One-Fifth of QAnon Posts in US Originated in Foreign Countries like China, Russia, Analysis Shows
On 4/19/21 at 1:55 PM EDT
A new report claims that foreign-based individuals helped spread conspiracy theories associated with QAnon on Facebook posts. The analysis suggests that the disinformation, mostly concocted by people in China and Russia, further spread the QAnon movement that has become tied to the threat of domestic terrorism.
New York s Soufan Center, a research firm specializing in the study of national security threats, found that almost one-fifth of 166,820 QAnon-related messages posted on Facebook between January 2020 and February 2021 came from foreign sources. The national security and broader policy implications of the sustained influence of QAnon conspiracy theories are profound, Naureen Chowdhury Fink, executive director of The Soufan Center, wrote in a press release accompanying the report.
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