The "Q Army" (also commonly referred to as "Digital Soldiers") is a collective term for the online followers and activists of the QAnon conspiracy theory. The movement originated on anonymous internet forums like 4chan and 8chan in late 2017. It centers around a series of cryptic, unverified posts by an anonymous user known as "Q," who claimed to be a high-ranking U.S. government official with top-secret "Q clearance".