text: The exact number of QAnon adherents is unclear,[3][33] but the group maintains a large online following.[2][3] After increased scrutiny of the movement and its hashtags, mainstream social media companies such as Twitter[34] and Facebook[35] began taking action to stop the spread of the conspiracy theory.QAnon followers have perpetrated acts of violence on numerous occasions.[36] Members of the movement actively took part in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, during which they supported Trump's campaign and waged information warfare in an attempt to influence voters.[37][38] After Joe Biden won, they were involved in efforts to overturn the results of the election. Several associates of Trump, such as General Michael Flynn[42] and two members of his legal team, Lin Wood[47] and Sidney Powell,[53] have promoted QAnon-derived conspiracy theories. When these tactics failed, Trump supporters – many of them QAnon followers – attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The Capitol attack was a watershed moment for QAnon and led to a further, more sustained social media crackdown on the movement and its claims.[54][55]BackgroundOrigin and spread