Sources: Facebook is preparing to limit the reach of QAnon content, with an announcement next month, and has been coordinating with Twitter and other companies
something we've seen more of in recent weeks. Donie O'Sullivan / @donie : Facebook also planning on taking acton against QAnon, sources tell me. One source said company's challenge is determining what actions it could take that would be effective and could not easily be evaded. Carolyn Jewel / @cjewel : “FB is determining the minimum effort possible to provide deniability to their executives.” There. Fixed that for you. https://twitter.com/... Yashar Ali / @yashar : Have heard the same from a source at Instagram. https://twitter.com/... Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy : A Twitter spox tells me that “currently candidates and elected officials will not be automatically included in many of these actions broadly.” This is important, given that some GOP candidates are associated with the QAnon movement. https://twitter.com/... Nu Wexler / @wexler : Without the Trump antitrust sword hanging over their heads, smaller companies like Twitter/Pinterest/Snap can be more proactive on political content moderation. https://twitter.com/... Dan Friedman / @dfriedman33 : Twitter took down 7,000 Q-Anon accounts but not @GenFlynn, who has #TakeTheOath in his bio. https://www.nytimes.com/... Rat King / @mikeisaac : to be fair, twtr and FB been talking about this for a while, per yesterday nyt story from kate https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Rat King / @mikeisaac : (obviously corollaries to be had re: Facebook and conservatives, but we talk about that a lot already) Paris Martineau / @parismartineau : i'm honestly unsure if it's even possible for Facebook to get rid of QAnon groups, there are just too many since FB began prioritizing groups & cOmMuNiTy EnGaGeMeNt the conspiracy has boomed, even on unrelated pages (qanon was big in french Gilet Jaunes groups during the riots!) https://twitter.com/... Kate Starbird / @katestarbird : A significant change. QAnon-affiliated accounts are increasingly prominent in our research on Twitter mis/disinfo, from political conspiracy theories to medical misinformation about vaccines & Covid 19. Reducing their influence could significantly change the quality of discourse. https://twitter.com/... Olivia Solon / @oliviasolon : It seems like Twitter is now in charge of Facebook's content policies Dr David Robert Grimes / @drg1985 : QAnon a weird beast of a conspiracy theory: Trumpian, apocalyptic, quasi-religious, & anti-semitic. Yet outlandish as it is, Q has been a ‘gateway drug’ to very dangerous behaviours. Good to see Twitter taking action on it https://www.theguardian.com/ ... Alexia Bonatsos / @alexia : Exhibit A. Twitter's (rightfully) aggressive QAnon response https://www.techmeme.com/... Exhibit B. The (insane) replies to this tweet about Bitcoin pizza day https://twitter.com/... Yashar Ali / @yashar : NEW: Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as part of broad crackdown The company will classify QAnon as coordinated harmful activity in part due to harassment targeting high-profile critics of Trump @oneunderscore__ @BrandyZadrozny scoop https://www.nbcnews.com/... See also Mediagazer
We will permanently suspend accounts Tweeting about these topics that we know are engaged in violations of our multi-account policy, coordinating abuse around individual victims, or are attempting to evade a previous suspension — something we've seen more of in recent weeks.
Facebook also planning on taking acton against QAnon, sources tell me. One source said company's challenge is determining what actions it could take that would be effective and could not easily be evaded.
A Twitter spox tells me that “currently candidates and elected officials will not be automatically included in many of these actions broadly.” This is important, given that some GOP candidates are associated with the QAnon movement. https://twitter.com/...
Without the Trump antitrust sword hanging over their heads, smaller companies like Twitter/Pinterest/Snap can be more proactive on political content moderation. https://twitter.com/...
i'm honestly unsure if it's even possible for Facebook to get rid of QAnon groups, there are just too many since FB began prioritizing groups & cOmMuNiTy EnGaGeMeNt the conspiracy has boomed, even on unrelated pages (qanon was big in french Gilet Jaunes groups during the riots!) …
A significant change. QAnon-affiliated accounts are increasingly prominent in our research on Twitter mis/disinfo, from political conspiracy theories to medical misinformation about vaccines & Covid 19. Reducing their influence could significantly change the quality of discourse.…
QAnon a weird beast of a conspiracy theory: Trumpian, apocalyptic, quasi-religious, & anti-semitic. Yet outlandish as it is, Q has been a ‘gateway drug’ to very dangerous behaviours. Good to see Twitter taking action on it https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Exhibit A. Twitter's (rightfully) aggressive QAnon response https://www.techmeme.com/... Exhibit B. The (insane) replies to this tweet about Bitcoin pizza day https://twitter.com/...
NEW: Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as part of broad crackdown The company will classify QAnon as coordinated harmful activity in part due to harassment targeting high-profile critics of Trump @oneunderscore__ @BrandyZadrozny scoop https://www.nbcnews.com/...