Twitter says it’s taking strong action against content linked to the QAnon conspiracy theory, with around 150,000 accounts likely to be affected.
Twitter says it’s taking strong action against content on its platform linked to the QAnon conspiracy theory as part of broader, ongoing efforts to deal with misinformation and harassment on its service.
“We’ve been clear that we will take strong enforcement action on behavior that has the potential to lead to offline harm. In line with this approach, this week we are taking further action on so-called ‘QAnon’ activity across the service,” Twitter said in a message posted on Tuesday, July 21.
A Twitter spokesperson told NBC News that in the last few weeks it has removed 7,000 QAnon accounts for violating rules on targeted harassment.
