Facebook bans QAnon across its platforms
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Source: NBC News
Facebook said Tuesday that it is banning all QAnon accounts from its platforms, a significant escalation over its previous action and one of the broadest rules the social media giant has put in place in its history.
Facebook said the change is an update on the policy it created in August that initially only removed QAnon accounts that discussed violence, which resulted in the termination of 1,500 pages, groups and profiles.
A company spokesperson said the enforcement, which started Tuesday, will bring to parity what weve been doing on other pieces of policy with regard to militarized social movements, such as militia and terror groups that repeatedly call for violence.
Starting today, we will remove Facebook Pages, Groups and Instagram accounts for representing QAnon. Were starting to enforce this updated policy today and are removing content accordingly, but this work will take time and will continue in the coming days and weeks, Facebook wrote in a press release. Our Dangerous Organizations Operations team will continue to enforce this policy and proactively detect content for removal instead of relying on user reports.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/facebook-bans-qanon-across-its-platforms-n1242339
Politicub
(12,165 posts)FFS - FB is hot garbage.
On edit: But this could be fun. I'm going to watch the account of my crazy friend who has gone off the deep end. She's going to need a fainting couch.
Jirel
(2,018 posts)They only killed accounts they felt were urging violence. Of course, that would be ALL QAnon accounts, but apparently their QAnon workers who were making those calls gave it all a pass.
C_U_L8R
(44,998 posts)I think we'll see more and more 'reform' as companies realize a big political change is coming.
jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)Probably still not in his favor given the amount of right wing trash on facebook.
demmiblue
(36,841 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)demmiblue
(36,841 posts)would have learned by now.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)demmiblue
(36,841 posts)applegrove
(118,622 posts)Alert: duplicate post
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https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142598373
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