A baseless US conspiracy theory found a foothold in Europe. New research shows how
4 years, 8 months ago

A baseless US conspiracy theory found a foothold in Europe. New research shows how

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London CNN — A baseless claim about a child sex-trafficking ring, a Washington, DC pizzeria, and Hillary Clinton has been passed around among conspiracy theorists for more than three years. Spread across Europe QAnon has managed to incorporate local socio-political concerns from Germany, Italy, France and the UK into its anti-elite “deep state” narrative, according to NewsGuard’s report. Meanwhile, debates are raging on British QAnon Facebook groups as to whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been “installed” by “Q” and is draining the “British swamp” alongside US President Donald Trump. Berlin-based vegan chef Attila Hildmann, who has posted on social media about his support for theories in the QAnon constellation, implored the US to “free” Germany in June 2020, the report wrote. Omer Messinger/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock According to the NewsGuard report, singer Xavier Naidoo has been a “driving force” behind the conspiracy’s spread in Germany, routinely sharing QAnon content to his 84,000 subscribers on Telegram.

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