Facebook and YouTube take action against QAnon " but they're fighting a losing battle
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Oct 19 2020 at 8:32 AM GMT
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- Recent decisions by Facebook and YouTube to crack down on the far-right conspiracy theory movement known as QAnon will disrupt the ability of dangerous online communities to spread their radical messages, but it won"t stop them completely.
- 6 to take down any 'accounts representing QAnon, even if they contain no violent content", followed earlier decisions by the social media platform to down-rank QAnon content in Facebook searches.
- 15 with new rules about conspiracy videos, but it stopped short of a complete ban.
- This month marks the third anniversary of the… This story continues at The Next WebOr just read more coverage about: YouTube,Facebook.
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- Published Oct 19, 2020 8:32 AM GMT