by Jim Heath | Aug 19, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, QAnon, Social Media
Facebook said today that it had removed 790 QAnon groups from its site and was restricting another 1,950 groups, 440 pages and more than 10,000 Instagram accounts related to the right-wing conspiracy theory, in the social network’s most sweeping action against the...
by Jim Heath | Aug 12, 2020 | 2020, GOP, Headlines, QAnon
Marjorie Taylor Greene vowed to be the left’s “worst nightmare” after she won the GOP nomination for a conservative district in Georgia last night. But House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is the one who is most likely to be haunted by Greene. The rise of Greene —...
by Jim Heath | Jul 21, 2020 | Headlines, QAnon, Social Media
Twitter announced today that it has begun taking sweeping actions to limit the reach of QAnon content, banning many of the conspiracy theory’s followers because of problems with harassment and misinformation. Twitter will stop recommending accounts and content...
by Jim Heath | May 20, 2020 | 2020, GOP, Headlines, QAnon
Oregon Republicans on Tuesday elected a Senate nominee who believes in QAnon, the baseless conspiracy theory that has taken root among some far-right supporters of President Trump. Jo Rae Perkins bested three other candidates to win the GOP nomination to face Sen....
