Falun Gong or Falun Dafa is a new religious movement. Falun Gong was founded by its leader Li Hongzhi in China in the early 1990s. Falun Gong has its global headquarters in Dragon Springs,a 173-hectare (427-acre) compound in Deerpark,New York,United States,near the residence of Li Hongzhi.
Li Hongzhi is a Chinese religious leader. He is the founder and leader of Falun Gong,or Falun Dafa,a United States–based new religious movement. Li began his public teachings of Falun Gong on 13 May 1992 in Changchun,and subsequently gave lectures and taught Falun Gong exercises across China.
The Epoch Times is a far-right international multi-language newspaper and media company affiliated with the Falun Gong new religious movement. The newspaper,based in New York City,is part of the Epoch Media Group,which also operates New Tang Dynasty (NTD) Television. The Epoch Times has websites in 35 countries but is blocked in mainland China.
QAnon is a far-right American political conspiracy theory and political movement that originated in 2017. QAnon centers on fabricated claims made by an anonymous individual or individuals known as "Q". Those claims have been relayed and developed by online communities and influencers. Their core belief is that a cabal of Satanic,cannibalistic child molesters is operating a global child sex trafficking ring that conspired against President Donald Trump. QAnon has direct roots in Pizzagate,an Internet conspiracy theory that appeared one year earlier,but also incorporates elements of many different conspiracy theories and unifies them into a larger interconnected conspiracy theory. QAnon has been described as a cult.
Falun Gong,a new religious movement that combines meditation with the moral philosophy articulated by founder Li Hongzhi,first began spreading widely in China in 1992. Li's first lectures outside mainland China took place in Paris in 1995. At the invitation of the Chinese ambassador to France,he lectured on his teachings and practice methods to the embassy staff and others. From that time on,Li gave lectures in other major cities in Europe,Asia,Oceania,and North America. He has resided permanently in the United States since 1998. Falun Gong is now practiced in some 70 countries worldwide,and the teachings have been translated to over 40 languages. The international Falun Gong community is estimated to number in the hundreds of thousands,though participation estimates are imprecise on account of a lack of formal membership.
Shen Yun Performing Arts is a United States–based non-profit performing arts and entertainment company that tours internationally,producing performances including dance and symphonic music. It is operated by the Falun Gong new religious movement. Shen Yun is composed of eight large performing ensembles,with a total of approximately 480 performers. Shen Yun has performed in front of millions and has toured more than 200 cities across Europe,North America,Oceania,and Asia.
One America News Network (OANN),also known as One America News (OAN),is a far-right,pro-Trump cable channel founded by Robert Herring Sr. and owned by Herring Networks,Inc.,that launched on July 4,2013. The network is headquartered in San Diego,California,and operates news bureaus in Washington,D.C.,and New York City.
Kanzhongguo,also known as Vision Times,is a Falun Gong-affiliated Chinese language weekly newspaper. It was founded in 2001 as a website,www.secretchina.com. In 2006,it began publishing weekly print versions in major U.S. cities and Australia where large Chinese communities exist. In 2007,print versions were launched in Europe.
LifeSiteNews is a Canadian Catholic conservative anti-abortion advocacy website and news publication. LifeSiteNews has published misleading information and conspiracy theories,and in 2021,was banned from some social media platforms for spreading COVID-19 misinformation.
"Pizzagate" is a conspiracy theory that went viral during the 2016 United States presidential election cycle,falsely claiming that the New York City Police Department (NYPD) had discovered a pedophilia ring linked to members of the Democratic Party while searching through Anthony Weiner's emails. It has been extensively discredited by a wide range of organizations,including the Washington,D.C. police.
Vision China Times Australia is a Chinese language newspaper owned by the Vision Times Media (Australia) Corporation Pty Ltd. Vision China Times Australia was established as a weekly newspaper in Australia in July 2006,based on a widely-read overseas Chinese news website,secretchina.com,which was launched in 2001 in the United States and is known as Vision Times or Kanzhongguo. The newspaper has been described as part of the media outreach of Falun Gong,an anti-communist new religious movement,although this has been contested by the paper's Australian editorial team.
Chanel Rion is an American broadcaster,political cartoonist,and children's book author. She was formerly the chief White House correspondent for One America News Network (OAN),a far-right American cable channel. She is known for promoting conspiracy theories.
China Uncensored is a YouTube commentary channel that focuses on political issues in China with elements of humor and irony. The show opposes the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Chris Chappell is the host of the series.
Marjorie Taylor Greene,sometimes referred to by her initials MTG,is an American far-right politician,businesswoman,and conspiracy theorist who has been the U.S. representative for Georgia's 14th congressional district since 2021. A member of the Republican Party,she was elected to Congress in 2020 following the retirement of Republican incumbent Tom Graves and was reelected in 2022 and 2024.
Dragon Springs,also known as the Mountain,is a 427-acre (1.73 km2) compound in Deerpark,New York,US that serves as the headquarters of the global Falun Gong new religious movement and the Shen Yun performance arts troupe. Falun Gong founder and leader Li Hongzhi lives near the compound,as do hundreds of Falun Gong adherents. Members of Shen Yun live and rehearse in the compound,which also has an orphanage,schools,and temples.
Jacob Anthony Angeli Chansley,also known as the QAnon Shaman,Q Shaman,and Yellowstone Wolf,is an American far-right conspiracy theorist who participated in the January 6 United States Capitol attack,for which he was convicted after a guilty plea on charges of obstructing an official proceeding. He is a supporter of Donald Trump and a former believer and disseminator of the QAnon conspiracy theory.
Ronald Watkins,also known by his online pseudonym CodeMonkeyZ,is an American conspiracy theorist and site administrator of the imageboard website 8kun. He has played a major role in spreading the discredited far-right QAnon conspiracy theory,and has espoused conspiracy theories that widespread election fraud led to Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. He is the son of Jim Watkins,the owner and operator of 8kun.
Pastel QAnon is a collection of techniques and strategies that use "soft" and feminine aesthetics –most notably pastel colors –in order to attract women into the QAnon conspiracy theory,often using mainstream social media sites like Instagram,Facebook,Telegram and YouTube.
Since the movement's emergence in 2017,adherents of the QAnon far-right conspiracy theory have been involved in a number of controversial events,some of them violent,resulting in the filing of criminal charges and one conviction for terrorism.
This timeline includes entries on the spread of COVID-19 misinformation and conspiracy theories related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. This includes investigations into the origin of COVID-19,and the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 which is caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. Social media apps and platforms,including Facebook,TikTok,Telegram,and YouTube,have contributed to the spread of misinformation. The Canadian Anti-Hate Network (CAHN) reported that conspiracy theories related to COVID-19 began on "day one". CAHN reported on March 16,2020,that far-right groups in Canada were taking advantage of the climate of anxiety and fear surrounding COVID,to recycle variations of conspiracies from the 1990s,that people had shared over shortwave radio. COVID-19 disinformation is intentional and seeks to create uncertainty and confusion. But most of the misinformation is shared online unintentionally by enthusiastic participants who are politically active.
