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Twitter blocks 70,000 QAnon accounts after US Capitol riot, shares slide
Twitter has suspended more than 70,000 accounts associated with the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory following last week’s US Capitol riot.
Key points:
- Twitter says the suspended accounts were “primarily dedicated” to spreading conspiracy theories
- Further measures to control the spread of problematic posts will be rolled out in the coming days
- Twitter stocks were down 6.4 per cent on Monday
The social media company said on Tuesday it was taking action against online behaviour “that has the potential to lead to offline harm”.
The decision comes after the events last week in Washington DC, where a mob of pro-Trump loyalists tried to violently storm the Capitol building.
Twitter said that in many cases, a single individual operated numerous…
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