QAnon[a][b] is a far-right American political conspiracy theory and political movement that originated in 2017. [1][2] QAnon centers on fabricated claims made by an anonymous individual or individuals …

Nov 22, 2025 · QAnon was the offspring of a conspiracy theory known as Pizzagate. In 2016 the website WikiLeaks released a trove of e-mails that Russian hackers had stolen from the account of John …

Jan 6, 2021 · At its heart, QAnon is a wide-ranging, completely unfounded theory that says that President Trump is waging a secret war against elite Satan-worshipping paedophiles in government, …

Dec 2, 2021 · QAnon is the popular term used to describe a whole host of internet conspiracies that explain a false, alternate reality where the world is run by a shadow government filled with Satan …

Dec 30, 2024 · Some of the people who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 believed in the QAnon conspiracy theory. In the aftermath, social media platforms ramped up efforts to push QAnon content off their sites.

Jul 21, 2025 · In 2019, the FBI identified QAnon as a domestic terrorism threat, and major social media platforms began banning related content, but by then, QAnon had bled into mainstream conservative...

Nov 1, 2024 · But Qanon, arguably the most consequent­ial political conspiracy theory in recent history that made headlines in 2020 and helped propel the Jan. 6 assault on the capitol, has largely …