Hoseini, M., Melo, P., Benevenuto, F., Feldmann, A., & Zannettou, S. (2023, April). On the globalization of the QAnon conspiracy theory through Telegram. In Proceedings of the 15th ACM Web Science Conference 2023 (pp. 75-85).
Telegram was used in a global wide narrative attack
It's like Telegram became the main weapon to attack Democracies across the globe:
rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
And Qanon Telegram digital terrorists tried to impact the 2022 Congressional Elections in the United States
mediamatters.org/qanon-conspira…
But Qanon became a very European Problem
All through Durov's Telegram
politico.eu/article/qanon-…
The topics from Hoesini et al that were popular on Telegram are a montage of forty years of crazy
Outside of English they trend really European
Especially Germany, Italy, Spain 
Schulze, H., Hohner, J., Greipl, S., Girgnhuber, M., Desta, I., & Rieger, D. (2022). Far-right conspiracy groups on fringe platforms: A longitudinal analysis of radicalization dynamics on Telegram. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies 
‘the increasing challenge to the legitimacy of a normative order and/or the increasing willingness to fight the institutional structure of this order’
Gaspar (2020) def of radicalization
Telegram was an attack space AND a weapon used to radicalize people through conspiracy theories
Y'all folks are thinking too small on Durov with sex trafficking and drugs
think more toppling governments 
The sheer number of Telegram channels focused on undermining Governments in the European Union is astounding
A ton of QAnon and Nazis
weird nobody, not one person, in EU or Europe have gotten in trouble
Weird how the "Qanon experts" avoid the truth 
And it's like we can statistically prove there was an increase in violent discourse across the Conspiracy laden Telegram Attack Spaces
Maybe the "Qanon Experts" are more shills than Discourse Analysis Experts
Cuz academics can see it.... 
It seems the Dutch had a massive Qanon, Telegram, and radicalization problem
Schulze, H., Hohner, J., Greipl, S., Girgnhuber, M., Desta, I., & Rieger, D. (2022). Far-right conspiracy groups on fringe platforms: A longitudinal analysis of radicalization dynamics on Telegram. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 28(4), 1103-1126.
Willaert et al's study looked at a short time period and a whopping 215 public Telegram channels and 371,951 messages
This did not happen organically
The spread of QAnon from the US into the European Union was a deliberate terrorist attack
Telegram was the weapon
For the data nand discourse analysis methodology nerds
Good bit on using web crawlers in Willaert et al
cc/ @Ebonyteach @SeesyouS 
@Ebonyteach @SeesyouS If you think this could all happen without deep involvement of Durov and russian Intelligence I got a Kerch bridge to sell you
Many co-conspirators in the US involved in Telegram's terrorist attacks on EU
EU might want to think about extradition since the US seems to nothing
@Ebonyteach @SeesyouS Look how fast Qanon spread on Dutch Telegram
You think that is organic and not involving elements of russian intelligence, MAGA, and trolls in the Emirates????
mmmmmkay
