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Facebook is latest platform to crack down on fringe conspiracy group QAnon

Facebook became the latest social media platform to crack down on the fringe far-right conspiracy group known as QAnon on Wednesday afternoon.

While restricted entities could still face removal, Facebook said the new policy actions will curtail the group's reach in news feed, algorithm recommendations and more.

QAnon supporters tout the false theory that Democrats and celebrities are running a global pedophilia ring, and that President Donald Trump is about to mass arrest the perpetrators.

The movement is amorphous, incorporating everything from the Robert Mueller investigation to the coronavirus pandemic into its sweeping and baseless worldview.

While springing initially from 4Chan, supporters of the movement have been involved in multiple instances of offline violence, including an alleged murder in Staten Island last year.

These recent moves to limit QAnon's spread come only after the movement has metastasized, with two Republican candidates tied to QAnon possibly headed to Congress next year.

Facebook's policy change also applies to groups related to Antifa, a far-left political movement targeted by the Trump administration, despite scant evidence backing the administration's claims of the group's role in recent social unrest.

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Author: Abc News

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