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Twitter Removes Thousands Of QAnon Accounts, Promises Sweeping Ban On The Conspiracy
NPR ^
| July 21, 202011:03 PM ET
| Bobby Allyn
Posted on 07/22/2020 6:22:27 AM PDT by Red Badger
Twitter said on Tuesday it has removed more than 7,000 accounts associated with the QAnon conspiracy theory, a loose group of online provocateurs who support President Trump and spread absurd claims about forces supposedly attempting to topple the president.
Content associated with QAnon will be banned from the platform's trends section and tweets sharing links involving QAnon theories will be blocked, Twitter officials said.
Twitter officials told NPR that the crackdown against QAnon is expected to affect more than 150,000 accounts, making it the most wide-reaching and aggressive response to the pro-Trump conspiracy theory that any social media platform has ever undertaken.
The new measures against QAnon, Twitter said, are in line with the company's effort to police content that can lead to offline harm.
"Twitter's move is a bold one," said Sarah Roberts, the co-director of UCLA's Center for Critical Internet Inquiry. "Considering the difficulty and resources requires to chase down, remove and block such content — and its creators — from the platform."
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 5; ban; good; q; qult; spam; twitter
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IF IT'S JUST A CRAZY CONSPIRACY THEORY, WHAT ARE THEY AFRAID OF? HMMMM?......................
To: Red Badger
Twitter is trying to remove Trump from office!
lol... There!. ban that!
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posted on
07/22/2020 6:25:53 AM PDT
by
Safrguns
To: Safrguns
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posted on
07/22/2020 6:26:40 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
To: Red Badger
I do not follow Q threads. But, I do know intelligent people who do and are confident there is something to it.
Yes, the Lying Silly Valley Techers want to silence a lot more than Q followers. Trial balloon? Likely.
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posted on
07/22/2020 6:27:48 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
If you want to find where they Qs have moved to, try Triggered.Locals.com, a new Locals community.
To: Red Badger
She predicted that QAnon followers would flock to other platforms. That will be interesting to see.
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posted on
07/22/2020 6:30:55 AM PDT
by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
To: Responsibility2nd
not understanding your question
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posted on
07/22/2020 6:35:05 AM PDT
by
Safrguns
To: Red Badger
Are they banning UFO pages? Coast to Coast fans? Socialism will work this time pages?
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posted on
07/22/2020 6:42:29 AM PDT
by
Nateman
To: Red Badger
Why is it that I smell Chinese?
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posted on
07/22/2020 6:48:01 AM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
To: Mr Ramsbotham
Sum Ting Wong?.......................
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posted on
07/22/2020 6:50:43 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(To a liberal, 9-11 was 'illegal fireworks activity'..........................)
To: Red Badger
No rumor is true until the government denies it. ~ old soviet saying...
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posted on
07/22/2020 6:52:24 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Quarantine the sick. Shield the vulnerable. Free everyone else!)
To: Red Badger
1984: Q is a conspiracy but the deep state isn’t.
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posted on
07/22/2020 6:57:57 AM PDT
by
MulberryDraw
(The "woke" are day dreaming.)
To: Red Badger
Bible Prophecy Update – July 19th, 2020
Pastor JD (Farag) explains why the QAnon Great Awakening may very well become the great deception.
Pastor JD obviously did a lot of research before this talk.
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07/22/2020 6:59:34 AM PDT
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
To: Red Badger
Twitter is killing itself and trying to save the Dems ,LOL
To: Red Badger
Twitter bans all discussion of “fiction” novels. (because you might just think they are true).
ex: King Kong, Moby Dick, Lord of the Flies, Fahrenheit 451, 1984, Ulysses, Brave New World, War and Peace, The Grapes of Wrath, Frankenstein, Harry Potter, Gulliver’s Travels, A Tale of Two Cities, Of Mice and Men, etc., etc.
Thank you Twitter for “protecting” me. /S
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posted on
07/22/2020 7:15:26 AM PDT
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faucetman
(Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
To: Red Badger
There must be an alternative. What is it? QAnon noob here.
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posted on
07/22/2020 7:15:44 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Polls are for dancing)
To: McGruff
There must be an alternative. Parler. Many Conservatives have made the switch.
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posted on
07/22/2020 7:17:43 AM PDT
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Sirius Lee
(They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
To: McGruff
Parler or Gab.....................
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07/22/2020 7:20:23 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(To a liberal, 9-11 was 'illegal fireworks activity'..........................)
To: butlerweave
Get woke, go broke..................
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07/22/2020 7:23:27 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(To a liberal, 9-11 was 'illegal fireworks activity'..........................)
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