Conspiracy theories are spreading about last night's vigil for Sarah Everard.
One false claim is that Patsy Stevenson, whose arrest went viral last night, is a "crisis actor".
QAnon promoter Charlie Ward and a numbe of Covid sceptic channels on Telegram have shared the claim.
Different versions of that false claim about Ms Stevenson are now being shared on Twitter and Facebook.
Another conspiracy spreading on Telegram suggests there might be some shadowy plot by the state involved in the deaths of Captain Sir Tom Moore and Sarah Everard.
"Numerology theme of all the three's 33, 3,3,3's"
Ms Stevenson responds to the conspiracy theories about her being a "crisis actor" or "paid agitator" in this clip.
Today marks the second anniversary of the Christchurch shootings.
I've had to watch quite a lot of horrible footage in the years I've been doing this job. To this date, I rank that awful video as the most horrifying piece of content I've ever witnessed. monitoring.bbc.co.uk/product/c200or…
When I arrived at work that morning, the 8chan thread on which Brenton Tarrant had posted his manifesto and a link to the Facebook live video of his massacre had been removed.
But archived versions of the thread, the video and Tarrant's mainfesto were all over the internet.
I spent the entire day watching the footage and reading the manifesto, which was filled with far-right trolling phrases and numerous 8chan memes.
I read the entire thread, and despaired at how fellow 8chan anons cheered on Tarrant as he carried out the horrific attack.
An event called "For God & Country Patriot Roundup", scheduled to be held over the Memorial Weekend in Dallas, is basically a QAnon get together.
Keynote speakers are Michael Flynn and Sidney Powell.
QAnon influencers IET and RedPill78 are also on the list of featured speakers.
Another keynote speaker is Gene Ho, official photograoher of President Trump's 2016 campaign and a QAnon promoter.
JT Wilde, a musician who writes songs in praise of QAnon, is on the event's list of entertainers.
According to the three-day event's website, attendees will have the chance to "to hear from some of your favorite Patriots and Digital Soldiers in both keynote speeches and panel forums".
I have had private conversations with several journalists and researchers on the conspiracy/disinformation/extremism beat recently who all say they feel exhuasted by the workload of the last few months and are dealing with mental health issues on top of consistent online abuse.
This is a serious issue for those who cover this beat and is something that colleagues rarely speak about in public.
Of course, no-one's forced us to do this work, we chose to do them. This is not violins out.
But recent events seem to have caused huge anxiety among colleagues.
Many employers seem to be unaware and do not have support for colleagues who feel they are being pushed to the limit.
It's not easy to read or/and view overtly violent, extreme or racist content on a daily basis. Particlarly when it all travels offline into the real world.
THREAD: Major QAnon hashtags were used a total of 20.8 million times on Twitter in 2020.
I calculated the numbers on a quarterly basis using Twitter API and data from @Khoros.
QAnon had its most prolific year since 2018 until the last quarter, when Twitter restrictions came in.
Let's begin with the last quarter. This was when Twitter began serious enforcement against not only old but also new QAnon hashtags, like SaveTheChildren.
Numbers saw a huge drop to just 115k. But then ReleaseTheKraken and CrossThe Rubicon went viral, pushing the total to 202K.
Compare 202K with the total for the third quarter, 4.9M tweets, and see the difference Twitter bans and restrictions made.
This period saw the full adoption of SaveTheChildren (1M) and SaveOurChildren (480K).
Old hashtags fell sharply due to new policies introduced in July.