Protesters attend the March for Our Lives rally on March 24, 2018 in Washington, DC., organized by survivors of the Parkland, Florida school shooting (The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
Unraveling viral disinformation and explaining where it came from, the harm it's causing, and what we should do about it.
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The author says their father has been into QAnon for a while, but until earlier this year, had not entertained the specific conspiracy theory about school shootings being staged by crisis actors.That all changed when he saw a video from Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.“Back in January he saw the video of Marjorie Taylor Greene harassing David Hogg about the shooting being a false-flag operation, and while my dad was already into Q, he'd never gone down that particular rabbit hole and now he's convinced everything was a hoax and it breaks my fucking heart.”UPDATE: The author’s identity has been confirmed by VICE News, but we are withholding it out of concerns about attacks from QAnon forums.
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