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QAnon is a conspiracy theory that, in a nutshell, states that Donald Trump is opposing and fighting a group of people, described as Satanists, who secretly operate a worldwide network of pedophiles and have created a “deep state.” A state within a state.
According to the conspiracy theory, this group includes a number of celebrities and political profiles, all of whom have in common that they have expressed disapproval or disagreement with Trump. According to QAnon supporters, the group must be extremely powerful, extremely secretive, and guilty of eating children.
He wants to stop the conspiracy theory from spreading
QAnon has spread and recruited a following through Youtube, Facebook, and Reddit. According to The Guardian, the conspiracy theory has exploded in popularity in recent months.
On Tuesday, Facebook announced in a blog post that they now intend to ban all Instagram pages, groups and accounts that can be linked to QAnon, to prevent the ideas from spreading.
Facebook has previously removed violent content from QAnon, but now believes it is no longer enough.
“For example, while we have removed QAnon content that encourages violence, we have seen other QAnon content linked to various forms of actual harm to the world, including recent allegations that certain groups started wildfires on the West Coast, diverting the attention of local officials. to fight fires and protect the public“They write in the blog post, Bloomberg reports.
However, personal accounts that spread the conspiracy theory will be maintained.
Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google were questioned by the US Congress.
