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Twitter Will Suspend Accounts Tweeting About Conspiracy Theory Group QAnon

Reuters

   Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it would permanently suspend accounts that
   violate its policies while tweeting aboutQAnon, a fringe group that
   claims "deep-state" traitors are plotting against President Donald
   Trump.

   Twitter, which announced the change on its Twitter Safety page, said it
   would not serve content and accounts associated withQAnonin trends and
   recommendations, and would block URLs associated with the group from
   being shared on the platform.

   The suspension, which will be rolled out this week, is expected to
   impact about 150,000 accounts globally, Twitter said. It said that more
   than 7,000 accounts have been removed in the last several weeks for
   violating the company's rules against spam, platform manipulation and
   ban evasion.

   The suspensions will be applied to accounts "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," Twitter said.

   Last year, the FBI issued a warning about "conspiracy theory-driven
   domestic extremists" and designatedQAnonas a potential domestic
   extremist threat.

   QAnonalso claims Democrats are behind international crime rings.

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