QAnon is a conspiracy thread created by an anonymous user named Q claiming to have top top-secret info from the Trump White House. It proposes that people like Tom Hanks and the Dalia Lama are pedophiles. 1/4

QAnon origin theory also proposes that these same people eat children to gain their life force. This absolutely off the rails theory is now a policy position of candidates such as @laurenboebert and @realdonaldtrump. QAnon and its followers also spread scary myths. #WWG1WGAWW 2/4

These myths are anti-Semitic, encourage violence, and no part of them are tied to fact. We should be concerned about the level of legitimacy this group has received. And we should question the role media giants like Facebook have had... 3/4

...by delivering these crazy theories online with the same quality as a BBC article. QAnon followers have been guests at the White House, are running for Congress, and believe that eating children gives you life. This is not good America. #WWG1GWA #copolitics 4/4

4.5/4 I deleted/reposted this thread to correct spelling errors.