TikTok is expanding its ban on QAnon to include all content that advances the conspiracy theory, following a previous enforcement that targeted specific hashtags.
TikTok says it is banning all accounts that share content related to the QAnon conspiracy theory, hardening its previous policy on the far-right movement.TikTok says it is banning all accounts that share content related to the QAnon conspiracy theory, hardening its previous policy on the far-right movement.
"Content and accounts that promote QAnon violate our disinformation policy and we remove them from our platform," a TikTok spokesperson said in a statement to NPR."We've also taken significant steps to make this content harder to find across search and hashtags by redirecting associated terms to our Community Guidelines."
TikTok's sweeping action against QAnon comes just as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other technology giants have announced bans on content from the Trump-supporting conspiracy theory. QAnonand has amassed an enormous following online thanks largely to social media companies. "There should be recognition of a thing that is good and significant, even if it's long overdue," said Angelo Carusone, president of the liberal nonprofit watchdog group Media Matters for America."TikTok is recognizing that by the nature of the QAnon movement, you can't just get rid of their communities, the content itself is the problem.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
QAnon accounts make a dent in voting discussion on TwitterMore than 1 in 50 tweets about voting in the 2020 elections in August and September came from QAnon accounts, new research shows.
Read more »
Essential Arts: QAnon, Facebook and the unreal culture of the internetHow the internet shapes our illusory worlds. Plus, Tony nominations, Radha Blank and 40 Black playwrights plus Shia LaBeouf's drive-in play about COVID in our weekly arts newsletter
Read more »
QAnon accounts make a dent in voting discussion on TwitterNew research found that QAnon accounts accounted for 2 in every 25 tweets on the voterfraud hashtag.
Read more »
'SNL': Weekend Update Tackles Trump Town Hall, COVID-19 and QAnonOn SNL, Weekend Update touched on Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis and recent town hall event, including the moment when Trump claimed he didn’t know what QAnon was to moderator Savannah Guthrie
Read more »
President Trump does not denounce QAnon, baseless Osama bin Laden conspiracy theory at town hall.GStephanopoulos: As head of the GOP are you prepared to condemn QAnon? McDaniel claims it's “something the voters are not thinking about” and it is a “fringe group.” GS: 'So do you condemn it?' McDaniel: “I just told you - dismissed them out of hand.”
Read more »