Facebook reportedly has over 3 million QAnon users and earned $12,000 from QAnon ads over the past 30 days
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measures wears a warning vest with"QAnon" written on it. In several cities demonstrations with 500 to 1000 participants are announced - among others in Essen and Dortmund. The police is on duty. The demonstration in Cologne was cancelled. Photo: Fabian Strauch/dpa The top 10 groups identified in the investigation collectively contain more than 1 million members, with totals from more top groups and pages pushing the number of members and followers past 3 million, according to NBC.
A small team working across several of Facebook’s departments found 185 ads that the company had accepted “praising, supporting, or representing” QAnon, according to an internal post shared among more than 400 employees, NBC reported. The ads generated about $12,000 for Facebook and 4 million impressions in the last 30 days.
Followers of the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory believe a “deep state” of federal bureaucrats, Democratic politicians and Hollywood celebrities are plotting against President Trump and his supporters while also running an international sex-trafficking ring . Facebook has been key to QAnon's growth, in large part due to the platform's Group feature, which has also seen a significant uptick in use since the social network began
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