QAnon uses conspiracy theories about child sex traffickers to unleash a modern-day moral panic.
Evidence
Folk devils and fear: QAnon feeds into a culture of moral panic (The Conversation)
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
- XREF: connects to: Folktales can escalate into moral panics in troubled times. — Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 77