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/tech/tech-news/twitter-bans-7-000-qanon-accounts-limits-150-000-others-n1234541
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/tech/tech-news/twitter-bans-7-000-qanon-accounts-limits-150-000-others-n1234541
2. The sweeping enforcement action will ban QAnon-related terms from appearing in trending topics and its search feature, ban known QAnon-related URLs, and ban âswarmingâ of victims who are baselessly targeted by coordinated harassment campaigns https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/twitter-bans-7-000-qanon-accounts-limits-150-000-others-n1234541
3. Twitter said its classification of QAnon as coordinated harmful activity was a new designation. The spokesperson said Twitter was taking action now because of an escalating degree of harm associated with the conspiracy theory https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/twitter-bans-7-000-qanon-accounts-limits-150-000-others-n1234541
4. Twitter confirms @oneunderscore__ @BrandyZadrozny's scoop re their broad enforcement action against QaNon accounts.
5. Parler (the social media app) is trending because some people are pissed about Twitterâs enforcement action against QaNon accounts.
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