YouTube says it's stepping up efforts to rein in spread of QAnon and other baseless conspiracy theories following similar moves by Twitter and Facebook.
YouTube is following the lead of Twitter and Facebook, saying it is taking more steps to limit QAnon and other baseless conspiracy theories that can lead to real-world violence.
One example would be videos that threaten or harass someone by suggesting they are complicit in a conspiracy such as QAnon, which paints President Donald Trump as a secret warrior against a supposed child-trafficking ring run by celebrities and"deep state" government officials.Pizzagate is another internet conspiracy theory - essentially a predecessor to QAnon - that would fall in the banned category.
YouTube is the third of the major social platforms to announce policies intended rein in QAnon, a conspiracy theory they all helped spread.Twitter announced in July a crackdown on QAnon, though it did not ban its supporters from its platform. It did ban thousands of accounts associated with QAnon content and blocked URLs associated with it from being shared. Twitter also said it would stop highlighting and recommending tweets associated with QAnon.
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