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I am no longer a fan and will be unfollowing,' said one Monday comment. 'I've been a big fan of yours for years but to see you post crazy conspiracy theories and lies has me super disappointed. I'm so disappointed,' wrote one commenter on Saturday. 'Didn't know you were a Q anon supporter.

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On Wang's latest Instagram, which she posted on Friday, the comments are full of people criticizing her for the QAnon-related rhetoric. An Instagram representative told Insider that while Wang's account did not meet criteria for removal, the platform will not recommend her content to new users who don't follow her through the Explore page and hashtag pages. But Wang's QAnon beliefs were mostly spread via stories, which automatically disappear after 24 hours, and went untouched by the platform. She did not immediately respond to a request for comment.įacebook, which owns Instagram, has made steps to curb the spread of the theory on their platforms, announcing a company-wide ban on the conspiracy theory and its rhetoric. Capitol an armed standoff at the Hoover Dam in 2018 and the 2021 killing of two infant children by their father, who allegedly told prosecutors that he had been 'enlightened by QAnon and Illuminati conspiracy theories. Wang is known for mukbangs, which are extreme-eating videos. QAnon has been linked to numerous violent incidents, including the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Wang, who has 197,000 Instagram followers, didn't explicitly cite QAnon, but the claims come directly from the conspiracy theory movement. The stories appeared to be from over the weekend, when commenters on Wang's latest post began criticizing her. Screenshots of the stories, which are no longer available on Wang's Instagram, were posted on Twitter by Dennis Feitosa, who runs the Def Noodles influencer news account. The conspiracy theory has gained popularity during the pandemic and has become popular in some circles of influencers, particularly lifestlye and wellness bloggers.

QAnon is a big-tent conspiracy theory based on the false notion that President Donald Trump is trying to defeat a 'deep state' cabal of satanic pedophiles and child traffickers.

In Instagram stories, Veronica Wang, who has 1.73 million YouTube subscribers, called Democrats 'demons' and baselessly accused the party at large of pedophilia and child trafficking. It often indicates a user profile.Īn influencer known for her Mukbang eating videos has gone full QAnon. There was said to be a theory that Julian Assange was somehow involved too but that soon fell apart after Trump failed to pardon him.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. Some even appeared to believe that Trump was hinting at the existence of Q as he had 17 US flags behind him during his farewell speech. They believed Trump would announce martial law through the Emergency Alert System before carrying out mass arrests.” Some even thought the mysterious Q figure him/herself was going to be unveiled to the world, as if it was all just a plot twist in some low-budget movie.īen Collins of NBC writes, “Some QAnon followers spent weeks preparing for a nationwide blackout starting at noon on Inauguration Day, warning friends and family in text chains and Facebook messages to buy CB radios and stock up on food. Many appeared to think that federal authorities were going to suddenly arrest Biden and other top Democrats or that Trump was finally going to expose the conspiracy. In the days running up to Biden’s inauguration, followers of QAnon were reportedly very active on messaging apps such as Telegram and The Great Awakening, a forum named after the event that they thought was going to happen on Wednesday. Many of those who stormed the Capitol building two weeks ago were wearing pieces of Q merchandise. On the fringes though it was also a massive day for conspiracy theorists who have brought into the QAnon craze, a belief that there is a mysterious figure in the US government that is attempting to expose a deep state plot (led by an international cabal of Satanic paedophiles) to undermine Trump and his presidency. For Democrats, it was the end of a long hard-fought campaign to oust Donald Trump from office, and for Trump it was time to reflect on the last four years and lick his wounds. 20 January 2021 was a big day for many people in the United States.

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