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A playbook for combating QAnon
The New York Times ^

Posted on 08/14/2020 7:19:00 AM PDT by MNDude

QAnon can no longer be ignored. What internet companies could do to stop its spread.

Just describing QAnon — a sprawling, false theory that there is a “deep state” of child-molesting Satanists in charge of powerful institutions — makes me confused.

But we can’t ignore QAnon, even if we find the conspiracy bizarre. QAnon supporters are co-opting advocacy efforts in areas such as anti-child sex trafficking, believers are poised to get elected to office and followers are committing violence. Elements of QAnon are popping up everywhere.

“I don’t think anyone realized how big it would become,” said Zarine Kharazian, assistant editor at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, which studies online misinformation. ...

I asked Kharazian what the internet companies should do to more effectively combat this conspiracy. ....

Stop recommending this content

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Take down conspiracy influencers.

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Block links. The companies need to aggressively block links in social media posts to QAnon-related websites

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Collaborate

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Rethink trending content.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


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KEYWORDS: conspiracy; narcissism; news; qanon
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1 posted on 08/14/2020 7:19:00 AM PDT by MNDude
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But muh censorship.

Time for the government to start arresting and imprisoning without bail, the vermin behind this, for Civil Rights violations.

2 posted on 08/14/2020 7:20:51 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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there is a “deep state” of child-molesting Satanists in charge of powerful institutions...

...Like the NYT...

No wonder NYT wants to snuff it out.

3 posted on 08/14/2020 7:21:51 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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Some people must be getting very nervous.

There is NO NEED to combat the Q-Anon phenomenon. It can be put to rest by somebody-anybody with a microphone- asking President Trump the question.

That nobody is willing to ask the question is very telling.


4 posted on 08/14/2020 7:22:48 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Progressivism is socialism. Venezuela is how it ends.)
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Shut down FB, Twitter, the NYT, etc....

No need to close MSM TV....nobody watches....

5 posted on 08/14/2020 7:23:08 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no merit in compromising with the Devil.)
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To: MNDude

Q must be over the target. You go Q!


6 posted on 08/14/2020 7:24:09 AM PDT by dforest
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Wow! The NYT really has its finger on the pulse of political discourse. They’ve done discovered Qanon! Now, anyone who has ever agreed with anything Qanon has put forward in any way or degree, is a “conspiracy theorist.” Haven’t heard of Qanon, but happened to reach a similar conclusion on some issue? You are a conspiracy theorist. Welcome. We have cookies and coffee (made with unfloridated water, of course).


7 posted on 08/14/2020 7:25:21 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Biden has dementia.)
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First they came for the Qs....


8 posted on 08/14/2020 7:26:15 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Time for the government to start arresting and imprisoning without bail, the vermin behind this, for Civil Rights violations.

You know you are really over the target when they start shooting at you so much. They’ve pulled out all the stops on Q, especially after President Trump emphasized the “Q” in General Charles Q. Brown’s middle initial so strongly the other day at his swearing in ceremony. He mentioned that “Q” several times for no discernible reason.

9 posted on 08/14/2020 7:27:01 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot1)
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“It can be put to rest by somebody-anybody with a microphone- asking President Trump the question.”

Instead they advocate all tech companies to invest huge energy in enforcing new policies. Jeez! Just ask the President the question and if he says it’s not real it’ll be the end of it!


10 posted on 08/14/2020 7:27:03 AM PDT by MNDude
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Sounds like restraint of trade to me. And conspiracy to commit.

SEC do your thing.

5.56mm


11 posted on 08/14/2020 7:28:30 AM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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Okay, if it was just a LARP and a bunch of nutcases conspiracy theorists talking nonsense, why are they so worried over it and want it shut down at all costs?...................


12 posted on 08/14/2020 7:31:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said "There is no marriage in Heaven." ... That's why they call it Heaven............)
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“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!”

The NYT knows what’s coming and is trying to get ahead of it. Won’t work.


13 posted on 08/14/2020 7:31:49 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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“Just describing QAnon — a sprawling, false theory that there is a “deep state” of child-molesting Satanists in charge of powerful institutions — makes me confused.”
https://youtu.be/29E6GbYdB1c


14 posted on 08/14/2020 7:32:14 AM PDT by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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They have, unwittingly, just introduced a million or so new readers to the “Q” phenomena..............


15 posted on 08/14/2020 7:33:17 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said "There is no marriage in Heaven." ... That's why they call it Heaven............)
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To: MNDude

The Ministry of Propaganda hates competition.


16 posted on 08/14/2020 7:36:35 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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I have tried reading a number of QAnon posts over the last few years, but it’s like listening to a YouTube religious prophet forecasting the future or blathering about their visions... boring as hell.


17 posted on 08/14/2020 7:38:19 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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Because after all, there is no sex trafficking or abuse, just look at the guy who killed himself in jail when the cameras and guards were off and who didn’t visit his pedo island.


18 posted on 08/14/2020 7:39:48 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan)
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I don’t get it. There’s been a lot of heat lately on Q.

I still take a look at the Q threads here at FR. All I see is a bunch of old ladies gossiping, chit chatting and pretending like they know something.

Boring.

Even worse - the head Qtard (who will be along here shortly) is FR’s biggest troll. (He got zotted for a week recently. Why did they let him back?)

Anyway, Q must have a hell of a PR firm. Generating up kooky conspiracy theories that even The NY Slimes believes.

Trust Sessions, y’all!


19 posted on 08/14/2020 7:39:50 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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The ACLU is suspiciously silent.


20 posted on 08/14/2020 7:40:32 AM PDT by dhs12345
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