facebook bans QAnon
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I never really understood why social media bans conspiracy theorists.
Why is Alex Jones banned but not the flat earth society?
Oh yeah, because the sponsors are political.. duh.
Why is Alex Jones banned but not the flat earth society?
Oh yeah, because the sponsors are political.. duh.
A company spokesperson said the enforcement, which started Tuesday, will “bring to parity what we’ve been doing on other pieces of policy with regard to militarized social movements,” such as militia and terror groups that repeatedly call for violence.
The spokesperson said the company believed it needed to limit the “ability of QAnon and Militarized Social Movements to operate and organize on our platform.”
Generally, QAnon accounts are also spreaders of coronavirus disinformation, as many followers do not believe the virus exists or that it’s as deadly as scientists say.
“We have to think about the QAnon networks as the rails upon which misinformation is driven,” said Joan Donovan, research director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. “Every account, event and page are tracks where disinformation can be spread. so it is imperative that Facebook dismantle their infrastructure. Without Facebook, they are not rendered inert, but it will make it more difficult to quickly spread disinformation.”
“Of course, this all could have been done sooner, before Q factions aligned with militia groups and anti-vaxxers, to curtail the spread of medical misinformation and the mobilization of vigilante groups,” Donovan said.
So they are a militia calling for violence? I never heard that.
Sounds like it's basically an interactive online tabloid.
Checkout line at the supermarket is where it started.
Sounds like it's basically an interactive online tabloid.
Checkout line at the supermarket is where it started.
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I wonder what took many social media platforms like Facebook so long to do it especially when occasionally Qanon were associating themselves with vigilante groups, militia groups and anti-vaxxers spreading harmful misinformation / disinformation.
Buddies of mine in a militia group in South Dakota kicked out a few of those QAnon folks. You know something is wrong when a militia group wants no association with them.
His exact words about them...fucking psychos.
I think the FBI has listed QAnon as a domestic terrorist threat (not group). The U.S. military also see's QAnon as a domestic threat to national security @ https://www.ctc.usma.edu/the-qanon-conspiracy-theory-a-security-threat-in-the-making/
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I think social media struggles penetrating the boomer and non tech savvy demographic, and this stuff is like crack to them