Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the American Freedom Tour at the Austin Convention Center on May 14, 2022 in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
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“It reminds me of what used to be on Twitter, in terms of tone and topic, prior to the platform banning QAnon content, with numerous accounts spreading QAnon content,” Alex Kaplan, a researcher at media watchdog Media Matters, told VICE News. “The community has also been excited by Truth Social, seeing it as another place to congregate since mostly being on Telegram and Gab since Twitter’s QAnon crackdown following the January 6 insurrection.”Kaplan has been closely tracking Trump’s interactions with QAnon content on the platform since the former president began using Truth Social last month. “According to my records, Trump on Truth Social has amplified at least 25 separate QAnon-promoting accounts a total of 43 times,” Kaplan said, One of the accounts Trump shared last week was so excited about getting a boost from the president that he suggested it was a sign that one of QAnon’s core predictions was about to come true.
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