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Source: https://www.letemps.ch/mo[...]mptes-lies-mouvance-qanon
Twitter removes 70,000 accounts linked to the QAnon movement.
The number of evicted accounts is high because many individuals had more than one. The social network has taken this step in the face of the growing risk of violence.
AFP external author
Posted Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.
LeTemps.ch
Twitter undertook a purge that began on Friday with the permanent blocking of the US president's account. He announced on Monday that he had "permanently suspended" 70,000 accounts affiliated with the pro-Trump QAnon movement since Friday. The social network does not want to be used for violent ends like the riots in Washington last week.
“These accounts were sharing dangerous content associated with QAnon on a large scale. They were basically devoted to spreading conspiracy theories across the service” Twitter said in a statement.
“Plans for future armed demonstrations are proliferating on Twitter and elsewhere, including for a second attack on the Capitol on January 17, 2021" Twitter noted on Friday.
Networks fear future violence
Most major platforms have taken unprecedented action since supporters of the billionaire Republican stormed the Capitol for several hours on Wednesday, shocking the country and tarnishing its image internationally.
Facebook and Twitter, in particular, have indefinitely suspended the account of Donald Trump, who has not stopped for months discrediting the electoral process, and accusing Democrats of having "stolen the election" from him. . To justify their decision, the two networks made particular reference to the risk of future violence, between now and the inauguration ceremony of Joe Biden.
QAnon is an extreme right-wing conspiracy movement. Its followers defend the idea that Donald Trump is waging a secret war against a global liberal sect made up of satanist pedophiles.
Twitter removes 70,000 accounts linked to the QAnon movement.
The number of evicted accounts is high because many individuals had more than one. The social network has taken this step in the face of the growing risk of violence.
AFP external author
Posted Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.
LeTemps.ch
Twitter undertook a purge that began on Friday with the permanent blocking of the US president's account. He announced on Monday that he had "permanently suspended" 70,000 accounts affiliated with the pro-Trump QAnon movement since Friday. The social network does not want to be used for violent ends like the riots in Washington last week.
“These accounts were sharing dangerous content associated with QAnon on a large scale. They were basically devoted to spreading conspiracy theories across the service” Twitter said in a statement.
“Plans for future armed demonstrations are proliferating on Twitter and elsewhere, including for a second attack on the Capitol on January 17, 2021" Twitter noted on Friday.
Networks fear future violence
Most major platforms have taken unprecedented action since supporters of the billionaire Republican stormed the Capitol for several hours on Wednesday, shocking the country and tarnishing its image internationally.
Facebook and Twitter, in particular, have indefinitely suspended the account of Donald Trump, who has not stopped for months discrediting the electoral process, and accusing Democrats of having "stolen the election" from him. . To justify their decision, the two networks made particular reference to the risk of future violence, between now and the inauguration ceremony of Joe Biden.
QAnon is an extreme right-wing conspiracy movement. Its followers defend the idea that Donald Trump is waging a secret war against a global liberal sect made up of satanist pedophiles.
