Follower of the QAnon movement
Photo: RICK LOOMIS / AFPAfter Twitter, Facebook is also taking action against the American conspiracy theories movement QAnon. The world's largest online network announced on Wednesday that 790 groups, 100 pages and 1500 ads with a connection to QAnon were removed. In addition, restrictions were imposed on 1950 Facebook groups and 10,000 accounts on the Instagram photo platform.
The central claim of the QAnon supporters is that there is a conspiracy against US President Donald Trump in the deeper layers of the US government apparatus. They also often claim that prominent Democratic Party politicians in the United States have been treated with hormones made from the blood of children. Almost a month ago, Twitter had already permanently blocked more than 7000 accounts attributed to QAnon supporters.
Facebook sees movements "that advocate acts of violence that show that they have weapons and imply that they would use them," said the online network.
Facebook also said 980 groups had been removed from the online riot call network. Some of them would be associated with the name Antifa, it was said. Among other things, US President Donald Trump describes antifa groups as masterminds of recent looting in American cities.
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