Capitol, and several government agencies have been prompted to issue internal warnings of domestic terrorism about it. QAnon is a far-right conspiracy theory that has been tied to multiple violent incidents, including the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Media Matters has identified at least 14 examples of QAnon ban-evasion channels, as well as numerous foreign-language YouTube channels that have seemingly rebranded to spread QAnon shows. Update (4/12/21): Eleven more channels mentioned in this article have since been taken down, with at least some being explicitly removed for violating YouTube’s rules. Scott McKay, one of the QAnon supporters whose channels were newly removed, has announced that he’s created yet another ban evasion channel in response to the takedowns.ĭespite YouTube’s promise to crack down on QAnon last October, the platform is still hosting shows supporting the conspiracy theory - some of which even run ads, meaning both the channel and YouTube make money from them.
Truth and Art TV, whose ban-evasion channels were some of those taken down, has said on its site in response to the removals, “In the meantime make sure you are subscribed to my personal” channel on YouTube, adding that it would be launching another ban-evasion channel “shortly.” Update (4/8/21): Seven of the channels mentioned in this article have since been taken down, with at least some being explicitly “terminated for violating YouTube's Community Guidelines.” Additionally, the videos of Edge on Wonder on its co-host’s channel have been removed.
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