Six months have passed since “Q”—the anonymous user behind the QAnon conspiracy theory—last posted online, though some followers continue to believe their so-called leader will return. A person ...

As the expected red wave failed to materialize in the midterms last week and former President Donald Trump baselessly claimed the election had been stolen (again), new Q drops landed. Usually new ...

Jim Watkins clearly doesn’t know how his own website works. The owner and operator of 8kun, the fringe message board that the anonymous leader of QAnon calls home, has, over the course of the last ...

In November 2017, a small-time YouTube video creator and two moderators of the 4chan website, one of the most extreme message boards on the internet, banded together and plucked out of obscurity an ...

The HBO documentary series “Q Into the Storm” attempts to shed light on the origins of the QAnon conspiracy theory and who might be responsible for starting and spreading it. In the final scene of the ...

America's biggest newfangled conspiracy theory began with a failed prediction. Hillary Clinton would be imminently arrested, the prediction said, widespread riots would follow, and a contingent of ...