Twitter Bans Accounts Associated with Conspiracy Community QAnon

Published: July 24, 2020, 10 a.m.

b'Twitter announced this week that it\\u2019s removing or restricting more than 150,000 accounts associated with QAnon -- an extremist, far right internet community that perpetuates conspiracy theories about pedophilic, Satan-worshipping elites seeking to take over the country. The FBI designated QAnon as a domestic terrorist threat last year, but President Trump has retweeted accounts associated with QAnon and has supported Republican candidates who openly espouse it.\\xa0 We\\u2019ll explore what QAnon is and where it came from, and we\\u2019ll talk about the impact of Twitter\\u2019s ban.'