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class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><style data-emotion-css="83cqas-RichTextContainer">.css-83cqas-RichTextContainer{color:#3F3F42;}.css-83cqas-RichTextContainer > *:not([hidden]):not(style) ~ *:not([hidden]):not(style){margin-top:1rem;}</style><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p><style data-emotion-css="14iz86j-BoldText">.css-14iz86j-BoldText{font-weight:bold;}</style><b class="css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0">Supporters of the QAnon movement were among the crowd that stormed the US Capitol building on Wednesday.</b></p></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p>Several prominent activists were spotted inside the building, and others flew Q-themed banners inside and out.</p></div></div><style data-emotion-css="z0waap-ComponentWrapper-SocialEmbedComponentWrapper">.css-z0waap-ComponentWrapper-SocialEmbedComponentWrapper{margin:1.5rem 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The rabbit denotes QAnon slogan “follow the white rabbit.” <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449/https://t.co/KeVQ3gmkdF">pic.twitter.com/KeVQ3gmkdF</a></p>— Will Sommer (@willsommer) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449/https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1346920710438936576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2021</a></blockquote> </div><div class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><span>The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.</span><style data-emotion-css="yidnqd-InlineLink">.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link{color:#3F3F42;}.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited{color:#696969;}.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited{font-weight:bolder;border-bottom:1px solid #BABABA;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link:hover,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited:hover,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link:focus,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited:focus{border-bottom-color:currentcolor;border-bottom-width:2px;color:#B80000;}@supports (text-underline-offset:0.25em){.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited{border-bottom:none;-webkit-text-decoration:underline #BABABA;text-decoration:underline #BABABA;-webkit-text-decoration-thickness:1px;text-decoration-thickness:1px;-webkit-text-decoration-skip-ink:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;text-underline-offset:0.25em;}.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link:hover,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited:hover,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link:focus,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited:focus{-webkit-text-decoration-color:currentcolor;text-decoration-color:currentcolor;-webkit-text-decoration-thickness:2px;text-decoration-thickness:2px;color:#B80000;}}</style><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449/https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1346920710438936576?s=20" class="css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0">View original tweet on Twitter</a></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p>President Trump - viewed as a hero by the movement - has stopped short of endorsing the conspiracy theory but has described QAnon activists as "people who love our country."</p></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p>So what is QAnon and who believes in it?</p></div></div><style data-emotion-css="mysbf6-ComponentWrapper-CrossheadComponentWrapper">.css-mysbf6-ComponentWrapper-CrossheadComponentWrapper{margin:1.5rem 0;max-width:50rem;padding-top:1rem;max-width:36.25rem;}</style><div data-component="crosshead-block" class="css-mysbf6-ComponentWrapper-CrossheadComponentWrapper e1xue1i84"><style data-emotion-css="qozapo-StyledHeading">.css-qozapo-StyledHeading{font-family:ReithSerif,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;font-weight:500;font-size:1.5rem;line-height:1.75rem;color:#3F3F42;}@media (min-width:37.5rem){.css-qozapo-StyledHeading{font-size:2rem;line-height:2.25rem;}}.css-qozapo-StyledHeading:focus{outline-style:none;}.css-qozapo-StyledHeading:focus-visible{outline-style:auto;}</style><h2 class="css-qozapo-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10">What is it?</h2></div><div data-component="text-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p>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, business and the media. </p></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p>QAnon believers have speculated that this fight will lead to a day of reckoning where prominent people such as former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will be arrested and executed. </p></div></div><style data-emotion-css="18mjolk-ComponentWrapper">.css-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper{margin:1.5rem 0;max-width:50rem;}</style><div data-component="media-block" class="css-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i80"><figure class="css-2y05cd-StyledFigure e34k3c20"><div class="css-kwaqyc-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c22"><style data-emotion-css="1uy4vn0-Container">.css-1uy4vn0-Container{height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%;width:100%;color:#3F3F42;background-color:#EEEEEE;}</style><div class="css-1uy4vn0-Container e1h75hkw0"><style data-emotion-css="1d84lqw-LogoIconWrapper">.css-1d84lqw-LogoIconWrapper{width:30%;padding-top:23.868243243243246%;margin:0 auto;color:#3F3F42;opacity:0.2;}</style><div data-testid="bbc-logo-wrapper" class="css-1d84lqw-LogoIconWrapper e1h75hkw2"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 210.69 60" class="css-47d2zd-StyledIcon e6m7o990" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M36.76 33.87c-2.21-.78-3.78-.78-7.12-.78h-5.18v11.79H30c4.28 0 5.61-.25 7.37-1a5.58 5.58 0 002.47-2 4.86 4.86 0 00.85-2.55 5.11 5.11 0 00-.87-3.33 6.31 6.31 0 00-3.06-2.13zM35.25 24.36a5.28 5.28 0 001.51-4.23c-.06-2.62-1.6-5-7.63-5h-4.67v11.21h3.37c3.56 0 6.01-.62 7.42-1.98z"></path><path d="M0 0v60h63.76V0zm46.69 45.76a11.33 11.33 0 01-5.3 4.24 22.16 22.16 0 01-8.89 1.64H16.72V8.41h12.21a22.73 22.73 0 019 1.44 11.34 11.34 0 014.94 4 9.73 9.73 0 011.8 5.93c0 4.09-1.77 6.94-5.51 8.86a13.9 13.9 0 016.74 3.92 10.42 10.42 0 012.71 7.32 10.86 10.86 0 01-1.92 5.88zM110.22 33.87c-2.21-.78-3.78-.78-7.12-.78h-5.17v11.79h5.5c4.28 0 5.62-.25 7.37-1a5.53 5.53 0 002.47-2 4.69 4.69 0 00.85-2.55 5 5 0 00-.84-3.35 6.22 6.22 0 00-3.06-2.11zM108.71 24.36a5.24 5.24 0 001.51-4.23c-.06-2.62-1.59-5-7.62-5h-4.67v11.21h3.37c3.56 0 6.01-.62 7.41-1.98z"></path><path d="M73.46 0v60h63.76V0zm46.69 45.76a11.35 11.35 0 01-5.29 4.24 22.16 22.16 0 01-8.86 1.63H90.19V8.41h12.21a22.73 22.73 0 019 1.44 11.31 11.31 0 014.93 4 9.67 9.67 0 011.8 5.93c.06 4.09-1.76 6.94-5.51 8.86a13.86 13.86 0 016.74 3.92 10.38 10.38 0 012.71 7.32 10.78 10.78 0 01-1.92 5.88zM146.93 0v60h63.76V0zM198 48.24a36.9 36.9 0 01-8.07 3 38.19 38.19 0 01-8.6.93 28.11 28.11 0 01-12.73-2.8 22.06 22.06 0 01-8.73-7.84 20.39 20.39 0 01-3.35-11.13 21.92 21.92 0 013.4-11.71 23 23 0 019-8A28.39 28.39 0 01182 7.86a35.63 35.63 0 017.52 1 58.32 58.32 0 018 2.65v8A40.05 40.05 0 00189.8 16a28.65 28.65 0 00-7.39-1.28 19.92 19.92 0 00-9 1.7 15.8 15.8 0 00-6.57 5.51 14.64 14.64 0 006.46 21.71 21.75 21.75 0 009.09 1.65 26.09 26.09 0 007.1-1.2 34.81 34.81 0 008.5-4z"></path></svg></div></div></div><figcaption class="css-1rnnz6t-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c21"><span class="css-oyqyoe-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0">media caption</span>Trump on QAnon: 'They do like me'</figcaption></figure></div><div data-component="text-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p>That's the basic story, but there are so many offshoots, detours and internal debates that the total list of QAnon claims is enormous - and often contradictory. Adherents draw in news events, historical facts and numerology to develop their own far-fetched conclusions. </p></div></div><div data-component="crosshead-block" class="css-mysbf6-ComponentWrapper-CrossheadComponentWrapper e1xue1i84"><h2 class="css-qozapo-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10">Where did it all start?</h2></div><div data-component="text-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p>In October 2017, an anonymous user put a series of posts on the message board 4chan. The user signed off as "Q" and claimed to have a level of US security approval known as "Q clearance".</p></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p>These messages became known as "Q drops" or "breadcrumbs", often written in cryptic language peppered with slogans, pledges and pro-Trump themes.</p></div></div><div data-component="unordered-list-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><style data-emotion-css="1pzprxn-BulletListContainer">.css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer{margin-left:1.5rem;}.css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer *:not([hidden]):not(style) ~ *:not([hidden]):not(style){margin-top:1rem;}.css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer ul{list-style-type:disc;}.css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer ol{list-style-type:decimal;}</style><div class="css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi3"><ul role="list"><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53495316" class="css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0">Twitter cracks down on QAnon conspiracy theorists</a></li></ul></div></div></div><div data-component="image-block" class="css-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i80"><figure class="css-2y05cd-StyledFigure e34k3c20"><div class="css-kwaqyc-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c22"><span class="css-1xtcmof-Placeholder e16icw910"><span><noscript><img alt="Picture of a snake in the shape of a letter Q and the slogan "where we go one we go all"" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/12CD2/production/_102801077_q.jpg 240w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/12CD2/production/_102801077_q.jpg 320w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/12CD2/production/_102801077_q.jpg 480w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/12CD2/production/_102801077_q.jpg 624w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/12CD2/production/_102801077_q.jpg 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/12CD2/production/_102801077_q.jpg 976w" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449im_/https://c.files.bbci.co.uk/12CD2/production/_102801077_q.jpg" width="624" height="351" loading="lazy" class="css-evoj7m-Image ee0ct7c0"/></noscript></span></span></div><figcaption class="css-1rnnz6t-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c21"><span class="css-oyqyoe-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0">image caption</span>"Where we go one we go all", often abbreviated as "WWG1WGA!" is one of the most popular QAnon slogans</figcaption></figure></div><div data-component="crosshead-block" class="css-mysbf6-ComponentWrapper-CrossheadComponentWrapper e1xue1i84"><h2 class="css-qozapo-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10">Nobody actually believes it, right?</h2></div><div data-component="text-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p>Actually, thousands do. The amount of traffic to mainstream social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and YouTube has exploded since 2017, and indications are the numbers have gone up further during the coronavirus pandemic.</p></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p>The big social media companies subsequently tightened their rules about QAnon content and took down hundreds of Q-supporting accounts and videos.</p></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p>But social media and opinion polls indicate there are at least hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people who believe in at least some of the bizarre theories offered up by QAnon.</p></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p>And its popularity hasn't been diminished by events which would seem to debunk the whole thing. For instance, early Q drops focused on the investigation by special prosecutor Robert Mueller. </p></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p>QAnon supporters claimed Mr Mueller's inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 US election was really an elaborate cover story for an investigation into paedophiles. When it concluded with no such bombshell revelation, the attention of the conspiracy theorists drifted elsewhere.</p></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p>True believers contend deliberate misinformation is sown into Q's messages - in their minds making the conspiracy theory impossible to disprove.</p></div></div><div data-component="image-block" class="css-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i80"><figure class="css-2y05cd-StyledFigure e34k3c20"><div class="css-kwaqyc-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c22"><span class="css-1xtcmof-Placeholder e16icw910"><span><noscript><img alt="QAnon supporters bring banners and flags to rallies in support of President Trump" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/75CD/production/_113575103_gettyimages-1011147710.jpg 240w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/75CD/production/_113575103_gettyimages-1011147710.jpg 320w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/75CD/production/_113575103_gettyimages-1011147710.jpg 480w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/75CD/production/_113575103_gettyimages-1011147710.jpg 624w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/75CD/production/_113575103_gettyimages-1011147710.jpg 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/75CD/production/_113575103_gettyimages-1011147710.jpg 976w" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449im_/https://c.files.bbci.co.uk/75CD/production/_113575103_gettyimages-1011147710.jpg" width="976" height="549" loading="lazy" class="css-evoj7m-Image ee0ct7c0"/></noscript></span></span><span class="css-1ecljvk-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c23"><span class="css-oyqyoe-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0">image copyright</span>Getty Images</span></div><figcaption class="css-1rnnz6t-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c21"><span class="css-oyqyoe-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0">image caption</span>QAnon supporters bring banners and flags to rallies in support of President Trump</figcaption></figure></div><div data-component="crosshead-block" class="css-mysbf6-ComponentWrapper-CrossheadComponentWrapper e1xue1i84"><h2 class="css-qozapo-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10">What impact has it had?</h2></div><div data-component="text-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p>QAnon supporters drive hashtags and co-ordinate abuse of perceived enemies - the politicians, celebrities and journalists who they believe are covering up for paedophiles.</p></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p>It's not just threatening messages online. Twitter says it took action against QAnon because of the potential for "offline harm".</p></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p>Several QAnon believers have been arrested after making threats or taking offline action.</p></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p>In one notable case in 2018, a heavily armed man blocked a bridge over the Hoover Dam. Matthew Wright later <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449/https://apnews.com/4a977b1627374e541d5173d4a3d6d987" class="css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0">pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge</a>. </p></div></div><div data-component="unordered-list-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><div class="css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi3"><ul role="list"><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48231708" class="css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0">US conspiracy theory shuts school festival</a></li></ul></div></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p>A Pew Research Center study in September 2020 found that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449/https://www.journalism.org/2020/09/16/most-americans-who-have-heard-of-qanon-conspiracy-theories-say-they-are-bad-for-the-country-and-that-trump-seems-to-support-people-who-promote-them/" class="css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0">nearly half of Americans had heard of QAnon</a>- double the number from six months before. Of those who had heard about it, a fifth had a positive view of the movement.</p></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p>And for many believers, QAnon forms the foundation of their support for President Trump. </p></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div class="css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2"><p>Mr Trump has, unwittingly or not, retweeted QAnon supporters, and prior to the election his son <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163449/https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/06/20/eric-trump-promotes-qanon-conspiracy-on-instagram-while-plugging-tulsa-rally/#269b59553198" class="css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0">Eric Trump posted a QAnon meme on Instagram</a>.</p></div></div><div data-component="unordered-list-block" class="css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83"><div 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