What is QAnon, the conspiracy theory spreading throughout the US
At least 24 US political candidates have supported a conspiracy that claims liberals are harvesting children’s blood. The far-right QAnon conspiracy theory has made waves in this election after US President Donald Trump’s acknowledgement of its adherents in August and an increase in Republican and independent congressional candidates embracing the movement, which many consider a mad hoax or even a cult. Followers believe a high-ranking, anonymous government official called “Q” is providing top-secret information in internet posts about a cannibalistic, satanic cabal of “Deep State” actors engaged in a child trafficking ring that Trump has been chosen to dismantle. While many refer to QAnon as a conspiracy theory, and some of its adherents refer to it as a movement, some observers are increasingly calling it a “cult” for its adaptability, its effect on the way people view reality and sense of unity among followers. “I have just started describing QAnon as a digital cult instead of a conspiracy theory … I actually think it’s more accurate,” Aoife Gallagher, a disinformation and extremism analyst at the London-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue told USA Today.
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