In November 2017, a small-time YouTube video creator and two moderators of the 4chan website, one of the most extreme message boards on the internet, banded together and plucked out of obscurity an ...

Six months have passed since “Q”—the anonymous user behind the QAnon conspiracy theory—last posted online, though some followers continue to believe their so-called leader will return. A person ...

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Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. QAnon -- the far-right, pro-Donald Trump, false conspiracy theory that asserts the ...

The anonymous message board user known as “Q,” whose cryptic announcements spawned the fascist pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory, has returned to posting after a nearly two-year hiatus. On Friday ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link America's biggest newfangled conspiracy theory began with a failed prediction. Hillary Clinton would be imminently arrested, the prediction said, ...