Many of you might not know this, but HBO released an excellent six-part docuseries last year called Q: Into the Storm that details the rise of QAnon, as well as the external factors that made such a movement possible. As it turns out, the reason you might be unaware of the series’ existence may have little to do with your pop cultural awareness, and more to do with Twitter actively suppressing the show’s advertisements, possibly in a bid to draw attention from the fact that they totally are one of the major reasons the cult rose to prominence in the first place.
“In 2021, Twitter made the decision not to allow promotion of this documentary via advertising on the platform,” the company told the documentary’s director, Cullen Hoback, as reviewed by Gizmodo. “This decision was aligned with the actions we took to suspend accounts dedicated to QAnon and to limit the visibility of QAnon-related content on the platform generally. As a result, the client will not be able to promote this content.”
