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Twitter suspends over 70,000 QAnon accounts, as protest against Trump ban flops
- The social media platform said the accounts were primarily dedicated to the propagation of the QAnon conspiracy theory
- Meanwhile, a planned protest outside Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters against its ban of Donald Trump fizzled out, with just a handful showing up
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Twitter announced on Monday it has suspended “more than 70,000 accounts” linked to the QAnon conspiracy theory following the attack on the US Capitol by a group of President Donald Trump’s supporters.
The social network began its purge on Friday, soon after it had permanently suspended Trump’s account for language that could incite violence.
“Since Friday, more than 70,000 accounts have been suspended as a result of our efforts, with many instances of a single individual operating numerous accounts,” Twitter said in a blog post.
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“These accounts were engaged in sharing harmful QAnon-associated content at scale and were primarily dedicated to the propagation of this conspiracy theory across the service.”
The far-right QAnon conspiracy theory claims Trump is waging a secret war against a global liberal cult of Satan-worshipping paedophiles.
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