Tuesday, January 12, 3031
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) — Twitter announced Monday that it was shutting down 70,000 accounts associated with the conspiracy movement QAnon whose adherents were identified as participating in and helping orchestrate the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
It was one of the largest purges of a single group by Twitter since the company removed close to a quarter-million ISIS accounts in 2016. In a statement, Twitter said the enforcement action was meant to target online behavior “that has the potential to lead to offline harm.” The announcement came as the FBI warned of armed protests being planned in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. leading up to the Jan. 20 inauguration and beyond. …
Full story: https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/twitter-cracks-down-on-qanon-threats
