QAnon

Twitter, FB have deplatformed Trump. Is it enough?

By PBS NewsHour

Facebook and Twitter suspended President Trump’s accounts after the violence on Capitol Hill, on January 6, in a bid to prevent him from inciting further violence. Joan Donovan, research director at Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public…

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Man accused of stealing Pelosi’s lectern charged in invasion

By Rick Callahan, Associated Press

Adam Johnson, 36, of Parrish, Florida, was arrested Friday night on a federal warrant and was being held Saturday without bail in Pinellas County, Florida, according to jail records that do not show if he has an attorney.

Twitter bans Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell in QAnon purge

By Associated Press

The company says that when it determines a group or campaign is engaged in “coordinated harmful activity,” it may suspend accounts that it finds primarily encourages that behavior.

Georgia Republican who supports QAnon wins U.S. House seat

By Ben Nadler, Associated Press

A Republican congressional candidate who expressed racist views and support for QAnon conspiracy theories has won a U.S. House seat representing northwest Georgia. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s candidacy was bolstered by President Donald Trump.

YouTube follows Twitter and Facebook with QAnon crackdown

By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

The Google-owned video platform said Thursday it will now prohibit material targeting a person or group with conspiracy theories that have been used to justify violence.

Facebook says it will ban groups that ‘represent’ QAnon

By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

The move comes less than two months after Facebook said it would stop promoting the group and its adherents — but faltered with spotty enforcement.

WATCH: Trump says QAnon conspiracists ‘love our country’

By Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin, Associated Press

The baseless QAnon theory centers on an alleged anonymous, high-ranking government official known as "Q" who shares information about an anti-Trump "deep state" often tied to satanism and child sex trafficking.

Facebook bans some, but not all, QAnon groups, accounts

By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

Facebook says it will restrict the right-wing conspiracy movement QAnon and will no longer recommend that users join groups supporting it, although the company isn't banning it outright.

WATCH: Trump dodges question on QAnon conspiracy theory

By Jill Colvin, Associated Press

A reporter asked the president about the theory at a White House briefing Friday after Trump tweeted his congratulations to a QAnon-supporting Republican candidate.

Trump congratulates QAnon supporter Greene on Georgia win

By Associated Press

Greene, a businesswoman and political newcomer, beat neurosurgeon John Cowan in a primary runoff Tuesday in Georgia’s deep-red 14th Congressional District.