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One aspect that conspiracy believers often mention is the alleged censorship. What does it mean now when Donald Trump is banned from social media platforms or when someone like the controversial pop singer Michael Wendler is banned from a television show? Isn’t that for the conspiracy believers?
That is a victim role that you put yourself into. The problem is that conspirators sometimes say such evil things that you have to intervene. For example, when calls for violence, hateful statements, or dangerous health advice are spread, such as drinking bleach. At the conspiracy scene, of course, every reaction you set up is taken as evidence that the great conspiracy is taking place. Nor can you prevent actions from being reinterpreted. You can only make it as understandable as possible for those who read, who are not captivated by the story, and therefore note: Well, you probably shouldn’t recommend people to drink sanitizers. On the other hand, if you don’t intervene, you can drop dangerous stuff.
If these people then move to other platforms, don’t you miss the opportunity to dialogue?
There are good and bad aspects to this. If particularly nasty conspiracy groups like QAnon are excluded, the good news is that they can’t grow so easily anymore. Because Facebook and YouTube are very important to the growth of a conspiracy scene and if they are blocked, they cannot find new followers so easily anymore. The bad thing is that later they are in their closed groups, p. B. are on Telegram and actually there is a risk that they will try even harder because they see a lot of encouragement and no contradictions. There is no really good solution. But I don’t think the answer is purely in the digital world, but I hope that these people still have offline friends or family who realize this and try to work on a personal level.
