by Daniel James | Nov 9, 2020 | Cults & Conspiracies, Media & Politics, People & Culture
Critics of the QAnon conspiracy may have heaved a collective sigh of relief as news broke that Joe Biden would become the president-elect of the United States of America. Since coming to the attention of the world via the /pol/ section of 4chan in late 2017, the...
by Daniel James | Aug 31, 2020 | Cults & Conspiracies, Media & Politics, People & Culture
Controversial author and speaker David Icke stoked the conspiracy theory flames on Saturday speaking to thousands of protestors gathered at the ‘Unite for Freedom’ mass protest event in Trafalgar Square in London. Icke urged the crowd to resist government...
by Daniel James | Aug 27, 2020 | Cults & Conspiracies, Media & Politics
A viral video posted by an Australian man claiming COVID-19 is a hoax earlier this month has been shared more than 12,000 times and reached more than half a million views. In the view, Dave Oneegs calls on his fellow countrymen and women to “wake up” to...
by Daniel James | Aug 26, 2020 | Cults & Conspiracies, Media & Politics
MIT Technology Review today published an in-depth article titled ”Evangelicals are looking for answers online. They’re finding QAnon instead” – likening its ability to stoke the flames of fear to the ‘Satanic Panic”, a phenomenon which occurred...
by Daniel James | Aug 25, 2020 | Cults & Conspiracies, Media & Politics
QAnon, the right-wing online phenomenon which originated on web imageboard 4chan and subsequently 8chan (later rebadged as 8kun) is run by controversial internet identity Jim Watkins, new evidence suggests. Fredrick Brennan, also known as Hotwheels online, confirmed...