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QAnon founder may have been identified thanks to machine learning
With help from machine learning software, computer scientists may have unmasked the identity of Q, the founder of the QAnon movement.
Facebook researchers were warning about its recommendations fueling QAnon in 2019
During the summer of 2019, a Facebook researcher found that it took just five days for the company to begin recommending QAnon groups and other disturbing content to a fictional account.
Facebook has a new policy for fighting 'coordinated social harm'
Facebook has announced a new policy that allows it to take out networks of accounts engaging in “coordinated social harm.”
Discord banned 2,212 servers for extremist content in the second half of 2020
Discord also deleted 30,000 accounts for promoting violent or extremist content.
Facebook didn't do enough to stop election misinformation, report says
Facebook missed billions of opportunities to tamp down misinformation ahead of the 2020 presidential election, according to a new report from Avaaz.
Democrats ask Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to rework their suggestion algorithms
A group of more than 30 democratic lawmakers led by are calling on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to make substantive changes to their recommendation algorithms.
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Amazon is finally enforcing its rules that ban QAnon-promoting goods
It may take a few days to remove all of the products.
Twitter purged 70,000 QAnon accounts in three days
Twitter says it’s purged more than 70,000 accounts for spreading conspiracy theories associated with QAnon.
Twitter cuts off QAnon conspiracy accounts as employees push to ban Trump
Trump allies Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell and Ron Watkins have been banned as part of a Twitter push against Coordinated Harmful Activity. Meanwhile, Twitter employees are pressuring executives to permanently suspend Donald Trump's account.
Patreon is the next tech giant to crack down on QAnon
Patreon is cracking down on QAnon by banning accounts that peddle the conspiracy theory.
TikTok is banning accounts that share QAnon-related content
Videos promoting the conspiracy theory violate the service's disinformation policy.
Even Peloton is cracking down on QAnon
Peloton has banned QAnon hashtags for allegedly promoting hate in its fitness community.
Facebook has banned QAnon
The QAnon conspiracy theory is no longer welcome on any of Facebook’s apps.
Facebook bans ads supporting QAnon
Facebook is taking new steps to limit QAnon’s influence on its platform.
Facebook has removed more than 6,500 militia groups and pages
Facebook has removed more than 6,500 pages and groups associated with “militarized social movements."
Facebook will no longer recommend health groups
Facebook says that groups dedicated to health-related topics are no longer eligible to appear in recommendations.
Twitter bans far-right extremist group the Oath Keepers
The group is one of the US's largest anti-government movements.
How to talk to people who believe in QAnon
There is no easy way to "get someone back" from QAnon, but there are ways to better your odds of getting through.
Facebook removes hundreds of QAnon groups
Facebook's QAnon crackdown has arrived.
