The corporate support for a QAnon-promoting politician is another example of how the conspiracy theory has penetrated mainstream politics, spreading beyond its origins on internet message boards popular with right-wing extremists.

The change comes after the AP reported Wednesday that hosts Cayrn and Michael Borland in Bozeman, Montana, had shared QAnon memes and retweeted posts from QAnon accounts.

They make up a tiny share of the thousands of state legislative candidates on the ballot in November and many are longshots, but several, including in Arizona, Minnesota and Wisconsin, are running in competitive districts.

The cult-like conspiracy theory imagines Trump as a holy warrior against a vast cabal of Satan-worshiping, child-abusing global elites.

The Georgia Republican is poised to become the first elected supporter of QAnon, a wild and baseless conspiracy theory.

The suspension, which will be rolled out this week, is expected to impact about 150,000 accounts globally, Twitter said.

The mother of Carsyn Leigh Davis, 17, has been accused of putting her immunocompromised daughter at risk with conspiracy theories.

One critic compared the county meeting to the comments section on YouTube after locals pushed several baseless conspiracy theories.

In addition to the QAnon accounts, Facebook also removed accounts linked to VDARE, a U.S. website known for posting anti-immigration content.

The mosque shooting in New Zealand emerged from the same toxic corner of the internet that fuelled massacres in Pittsburgh, Quebec City and Toronto.