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Twitter Removes Thousands Of QAnon Accounts, Promises Sweeping Ban On The Conspiracy | NPR

Twitter said on Tuesday it has removed more than 7,000 accounts associated with the QAnon conspiracy theory, a loose group of online provocateurs who support President Trump and spread absurd claims about forces supposedly attempting to topple the president.

Content associated with QAnon will be banned from the platform’s trends section and tweets sharing links involving QAnon theories will be blocked, Twitter officials said.

The new measures against QAnon, Twitter said, are in line with the company’s effort to police content that can lead to offline harm.

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