Twitter suspends 70,000 accounts linked to pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy
12 January, 2021
Twitter announced Mon it has suspended "a lot more than 70,000 accounts" linked to the QAnon conspiracy theory following the attack in the U.S. Capitol by a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters.
The social network commenced its purge Friday, soon after it had permanently suspended Trump's account for vocabulary that could incite violence.
"Since Friday, more than 70,000 accounts have already been suspended as a result of our efforts, with many cases of an individual individual operating different accounts," Twitter said found in a blog post.
"These accounts were engaged found in sharing harmful QAnon-associated content at scale and were primarily focused on the propagation of the conspiracy theory across the service."
The far-right QAnon conspiracy theory claims Trump is waging a secret war against a worldwide liberal cult of Satan-worshipping pedophiles.
Most important social media platforms have taken unprecedented action since Trump's supporters invaded the Capitol Wednesday to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's presidential win, shocking the US and tarnishing its international image.
Facebook and Twitter possess both indefinitely suspended the accounts for Trump, who features refused to accept the result of the November 3 election and pass on baseless theories that the vote was first rigged.
Both platforms described the risk of foreseeable future violence, particularly before Biden's inauguration on January 20.
Twitter said in addition, it factored in that plans for even more armed protests have already been proliferating on / off the service, including a good proposed second attack on the U.S. Capitol and point out capitol properties on January 17.
The social network was Trump's preferred megaphone, and his account had 88 million subscribers when it was suspended.
Source: japantoday.com