Crowdfunding Platform Suspends QAnon Accounts – By Jon Jackson (Newsweek) / May 15, 2023
The crowdfunding platform Buy Me a Coffee said on Monday that it had suspended all known accounts associated with QAnon figures following an investigation by Media Matters for America (MMFA).
Jijo Sunny, Buy Me a Coffee’s CEO and co-founder, said in a statement to MMFA—a media watchdog group—that the company had taken action against the accounts while emphasizing that they “strongly condemn hate groups.”
The QAnon conspiracy theory, which has since become something of a movement, has been linked by the federal government to various violent events in the United States, including the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Among the fraudulent beliefs pushed by the movement are that Democrats and celebrities are part of a global Satanic child sex-trafficking ring, as well as debunked claims regarding COVID-19 vaccines and false narratives about the 2020 presidential election being rigged against former President Donald Trump.
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