Analysis

How QAnon hijacks anti-trafficking, and what can be done about it

QAnon is here to stay but educators and advocates can mitigate its effects

By Daniela Peterka-Benton and Bond Benton

How QAnon hijacks anti-trafficking, and what can be done about it — ‘Unite for Freedom’ demo in Trafalgar Square, London, UK

Published: March 15, 2022, 7:01 am

We are university educators who regularly teach students about the complex web of inequality that causes human trafficking. In general, we have found students to be interested and engaged with this topic and excited to become informed anti-trafficking advocates. In recent years, however, we have seen an increasing number of students arrive at sessions with some bizarre and outlandish perceptions of what human trafficking is.

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