Twitter bans 7,000 QAnon accounts, limits 150,000 others as part of broad crackdown

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Twitter bans 7,000 QAnon accounts, limits 150,000 others as part of broad crackdown. Via NBCNews

, the FBI designated QAnon as a potential domestic terror threat. The FBI's report on QAnon's ties to dangerous real-world activities led in part to Twitter's decision, a spokesperson said.

Some QAnon supporters have also become more organized and aggressive in attacking celebrities. QAnon followers frequently comb through social media posts and Instagram pictures of Trump's famous political opponents, intentionally misinterpreting benign photos as proof the celebrities are eating children. The followers then target those celebrities with harassment campaigns, coordinated by influencers in the QAnon community on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

This type of harassment campaign is known as "swarming" or "brigading," and Twitter said those swarms will no longer be allowed on the platform. Twitter will ban users who threaten users during QAnon-related swarms, and will limit the reach and search visibility of those who participate in them. Earlier this month, QAnon conspiracy theorists falsely claimed on Twitter, Reddit, and TikTok that the furniture company Wayfair was shipping trafficked children because price glitches raised the price of pillows and cabinets to tens of thousands of dollars. The company's name was the top trend on Twitter in the United States on July 10 as Twitter users posted links to expensive furniture.

 

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NBCNews and now I'm starting to believe there is some truth to it.

NBCNews A broad conservative crackdown, as always. No matter, propaganda cannot survive in a free country.

NBCNews Thank you!

NBCNews It is straight from the Russian propaganda playbook. Remember in the 80s...they accused elites of trafficking black children for their organs? False..all meant to sow discord in the US. And it worked. People struggled to adopt kids from other countries.

NBCNews Yet they let chadofchaz post a video of his group beating a person.

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NBCNews All these paranoid conspiracy theorists need to get together and form their own platform, but then they'd probably end up creating conspiracy theories about one another.

NBCNews Bad move twitter maybe it’s just because christytegan complained

NBCNews Good job.

NBCNews Maybe they should ban and limit accounts that say Biden2020 in the bio.

NBCNews why hasn't twitter banned all these russiagaters?

NBCNews Can't have anyone questioning the official explanations and establishment narrative.

NBC REPORTS UNTRUE STORIES EVERYDAY... BAND NBC.. or are they THREATENING YOU LIKE OTHERS TO SILENCE THEM

WWG1WGA

For 3 years the media said that realDonaldTrump was a “Russian Asset” and “Was being black mailed by Putin with a GoldenShower video”? It was deemed a Conspiracy theory by the Muller Report. Plenty of “harassment” came with it! Where was Twitter then? So interesting!

Thank you God! The stupidity of people with little or zero IQs.

Twitter is a company that does a great job. We know that the November 2020 election will see massive fraud by Trump and his supporters.

1/3 Eventhough I am NOT a QAanon supporter: -how does Twitter judge thet a information is a 'conspiracy theories', by what criteria -how do you get the authority to condemn the informations— Beside the fact thet Twitter BLOCKs TRUE & UNPLEASENT INFORMATION ALSO, LIKE IN MY CASE!

Diese Zensur geht gar nicht. Twitter ist szu schliessen.

You just legitimized Q. Now the world will know the truth thanks.

About time

Haha

Good.

Trump if could control conversation on Twitter thought winner next election, utilizing bot system to 'hack' search engine in real-time. FBR

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It’s about time.

Q was more honest than , MSNBC and CNN put together.

They don’t want the American people to know the truth.

JuliansRum Harassment Misinformation

jack twitter all these Q crazies are answering these posts 🤣🤣🤣

TWITTER AND ALL THESE RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA ACCOUNTS WHO SPREAD FAKE INFO LIKE TRUMPS A SPY AND STOLE THE ELECTION AND INCAHOOTS WITH PUTIN AND YOU DONT DO SHIT! Fuck YOU!!! MY GRANDMA THINKS TRUMP IS A RUSSIAN SPY THANKS TO THIS SHIT, AND YOU DIDNT BANN THOSE ACCOUNTS!!!!!!!

Announcement: Twitter is a private company. Don't like it, there is Parler.. Call Devin Nunes to direct you

Fake-Fake-Fake as F--K

NBC is another compromised news propaganda outlet to spew disinformation to the masses! Vaccines-Vaccines-Vaccines Gates of Hell Foundation

Is this even legal? Why are they trying to silence us? I wonder if someone will bring this to court....?

Good. I'm glad.

JuliansRum Is it true that they're just doing this to hide some of the uncovered actual nuggets of truth of the movement or are we doing the tin foil hat meme to discredit it all for political convenience?

About time jack WTF? Never did (at least I) see you for a Sociopathic Zuckerberg. Free Speach and Orchestrated Forced Controlled Pro Amanda ( masquerading as “news”) are extremely different. 👇this is it 👇Cult45 Putin ActiveMeasures

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JuliansRum you must be scared

Proving that Q is more than a conspiracy theory group, there is truth to it or they wouldn’t overcompensate to protect someone....

never even heard of them, think no one has, ur just promoting them, gj twitter

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NBCNews Typical of a publisher like Twitter.

NBCNews And yet they do nothing about antifa - fitting from such an aparent communist lover like jack

NBCNews Streisand Effect in the making?

Remember when left twitter was cheering on the burning and rioting as justified

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NBCNews Thank you Jack. -Americans

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NBCNews No comment..

NBCNews That deep. Makes you think.

NBCNews Wow. They are scared of Q.

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NBCNews It's about time. QAnon is a hoax, and these far-right wing people have been punk'd. They are gullible and desperate to believe anything. They have become a dangerous group that spreads lies and puts people lives in danger with outrageous conspiracy theories.

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NBCNews My mother and father never saw their families ever again, when the NAZIS came knocking on the door in the middle of the night, everything they believed in was banned bit by bit, and they watched the burning of books.

NBCNews Twitter has cancelled Q.

NBCNews Twitter to the Q Cult...

NBCNews in other news all tweets not approved by the democratic party will be banned. twitter goes on to say we believe in open exchange of ideas as long as we agree with the ideas

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NBCNews Parler is gonna explode!

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NBCNews Thank you Twitter

NBCNews Twitter didn't ban any of the accounts of the left that kept pushing the Russia hoax, which the dems wasted millions of our tax dollars on it. Now suddenly they have become the protectors of information? It's because of obvious crap like this that 'Q' exists. Smh.

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NBCNews Good get those crazies off the net.

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NBCNews Ideas are dangerous. Thank you big brother!

NBCNews This is upsetting to say the least. Freedom of speech being attacked.

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NBCNews The left is running scared.

NBCNews Delete all the antifa and blm terrorist

NBCNews Good I personally like it when you exclude normal conservative opinions and further radicalize people.

NBCNews Actually twitter has gone after conservative accounts....

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NBCNews Twitter is the enemy of the people.

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NBCNews It said twitter recommended Q affiliates and emails, lmao. Now it had to go back on that lol. That’s too funny. 😂

NBCNews About fucking time!!!

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NBCNews I guess Q is for real.

NBCNews Now do the same to the Russian collusion nuts.

NBCNews There's no stopping this.

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NBCNews Wow. What are they trying to hide ? WW1WGA

NBCNews why not ban flat earth? oh right, because pedophilia is rampant and twitter is part of the pizzagate gang apparently

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