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Jim Watkins (businessman)

For other people named Jim Watkins, see James Watkins.

Jim Watkins
Portrait of Jim Watkins from the shoulders up
Watkins in 2015
Born
James Arthur Watkins

November 1963 (age 60)[1]
Dayton, Washington, US
Known forSpreading of QAnon conspiracy theories
Operator of 8chan and 2channel
ChildrenRon Watkins

James Arthur Watkins (born November 1963)[1] is an American businessman, QAnon conspiracy theorist, and the operator of the imageboard website 8chan/8kun and textboard website 5channel. Watkins founded the company N.T. Technology in the 1990s to support a Japanese pornography website he created while he was enlisted in the United States Army. After leaving the Army to focus on the company, Watkins moved to the Philippines. In February 2014, Watkins became the operator of 2channel after he seized it from its creator and original owner, Hiroyuki Nishimura, later renaming it 5channel.[2][3] He began providing domain and hosting services to 8chan later that year and became the site's official owner and operator by year's end.[4]

Watkins and his son, Ron Watkins, are prominent advocates of the QAnon conspiracy theory, and have close ties to the Q movement.[5]

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    Rothschild, Mike (August 28, 2020). "Did an IP address accidentally reveal QAnon's identity?". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on August 29, 2020. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
    Farley, Donovan (Spring 2020). "Free Speech, Hate Speech and the King of the Trolls". Playboy. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
    LaFrance, Adrienne (June 2020). "The Prophecies of Q". The Atlantic. ISSN 1072-7825. Archived from the original on August 29, 2020. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
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    Roose, Kevin (January 20, 2021). "QAnon believers struggle with inauguration". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 20, 2021.

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