QAnon: What is it and where did it come from?

President Trump has spoken of how supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory, which has grown online in the US, appear to like him very much.

Mr Trump told journalists that he didn’t know much about the movement, but added that he’d heard that “these were people who love our country.”

The movement is facing a crackdown from Facebook as well as Twitter, who have taken action against thousands of accounts and web addresses linking to videos and websites spreading QAnon’s bizarre ideas.

So what is QAnon and who believes in it? Continue reading.