According to Twitter and Facebook: Youtube is against QAnon-conspiracy theories

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Also Youtube is against QAnon-conspiracy theories

The Central claim of the QAnon-followers is that there is a conspiracy against US President Donald Trump in the deeper layers of the US government apparatus. Photo: Matt Rourke/AP/dpa

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Twitter had already locked in July QAnon-trailer and several Thousand Accounts blocked. Facebook moved at the beginning of October, and now Youtube follows. Google’s video platform want to in the future remove more content from the QAnon.

According to Twitter and Facebook, Youtube also intensified its actions against the conspiracy theories-movement QAnon. Google’s video platform announced on Thursday that, in future, more content is to be removed with the conspiracy theories which violence would be justified. This Youtube pointed out in the blog entry specifically on QAnon.

The Central claim of the QAnon-followers is that there is a conspiracy against US President Donald Trump in the deeper layers of the US government apparatus. In addition, they often claim, a prominent politician of the Democratic party in the United States were hormones to treat, which would be derived from the blood of children. A strand of the “pizza gate”theory, which led to the end of 2016, an armed man stormed into a Pizzeria in Washington, to get rid of there alleged captive children. He was arrested by the police, no one was hurt.

At the same time, it says Youtube, users are more Mature suit that insult you as a fan of the QAnon, or “pizza gate”.

Facebook had announced at the beginning of October, to delete all the pages and groups, the QAnon represented. The same is true for Instagram Accounts. In mid-August, Facebook had first announced only against QAnon-trailer to proceed, if you are threatening violence or talking. Twitter had already locked in July QAnon-trailer and several Thousand Accounts blocked.

QAnon won in the last few months of notoriety in the United States. In the parliamentary election together with the presidential election on may 3. November is pending, are on the side of the Republicans several candidates in the race who have shown sympathy for QAnon-ideas. Also Trump is widespread on Twitter, repeated content of QAnon-trailers more.

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