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The corporation has permanently suspended thousands of accounts related to the marginal conspiracy theory movement. Facebook is reportedly preparing to act.
By Kate Conger
OAKLAND, California – Twitter said Tuesday night that it had deleted thousands of accounts that conveyed messages about conspiracy theories known as QAnon, claiming that their messages can damage and violate Twitter policy.
Twitter said it would also prevent similar trends to QAnon’s flexible network of conspiracy theories in its subjects and study trends, and would not allow users to post links affiliated with theories on its platform.
It was the first time a social media service had taken drastic steps to remove non-QA-affiliated content, which has become increasingly popular on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
We have made it clear that we will take serious enforcement action for behaviors that would possibly cause offline harm. According to this approach, this week we are taking additional steps on the so-called “QAnon” activity of the service.
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