Exclusive: Who's behind QAnon?
Computer scientists say they have identified two men as its likely authors — including one of the first online commentators to call attention to the messages that shaped the viral movement. nyti.ms/36rmLJa
Computer scientists say they have identified two men as its likely authors — including one of the first online commentators to call attention to the messages that shaped the viral movement. nyti.ms/36rmLJa
The studies provide the first empirical evidence about the origins of QAnon, a toxic myth and conspiracy theory that has been linked to scores of violent incidents and that the FBI has labeled a potential terrorist threat. nyti.ms/36rmLJa
The analyses built on long-established forms of forensic linguistics that can detect telltale variations.
Sophisticated software broke down the Q texts into patterns of three-character sequences and tracked the recurrence of each possible combination. nyti.ms/36rmLJa
Sophisticated software broke down the Q texts into patterns of three-character sequences and tracked the recurrence of each possible combination. nyti.ms/36rmLJa
Neither team ruled out the possibility that other writers had contributed to Q’s thousands of messages. But the scientists relied on other facts to narrow the list of feasible writers.
Read @ddknyt’s full story for more of what they found. nyti.ms/36rmLJa
Read @ddknyt’s full story for more of what they found. nyti.ms/36rmLJa
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