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Nevilledog

(51,274 posts)
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 01:46 PM Sep 2020

Urging followers to 'camouflage,' QAnon attempts to rebrand.



Tweet text: Ben Collins
@oneunderscore__
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Sep 28, 2020
If you're hearing a ton about The Clinton Foundation out of the blue from the conservative internet today, it's because Q spent all day posting about that (and vague nods to pedophilia).

Users aren't identifying as QAnon supporters, part of their new "camouflage" strategy.

Ben Collins
@oneunderscore__
Here's more about the QAnon "digital camouflage" strategy, which they're using to try to launder Q's wackadoo conspiracy theories onto the civilian internet without the movement's toxic branding.

Urging followers to ‘camouflage,’ QAnon attempts to rebrand
The shift in tactics comes the same week as Twitter released new data stating that their ban on QAnon-related accounts was severely limiting the reach of the conspiracy theory.
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Urging followers to 'camouflage,' QAnon attempts to rebrand. (Original Post) Nevilledog Sep 2020 OP
Not going to be easy to rebrand online when you're broadcasting your intention lettucebe Sep 2020 #1

lettucebe

(2,337 posts)
1. Not going to be easy to rebrand online when you're broadcasting your intention
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 01:49 PM
Sep 2020

So who doesn't get the memo? Any new name is immediately associated with Q.

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