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Facebook Removes QAnon Groups as It Expands Anti-Violence Policy

The company said Wednesday it had removed more than 790 Facebook QAnon-related groups, 100 Facebook pages and 1,500 QAnon ads, and blocked more than 300 hashtags across Facebook and Instagram.

Facebook has also restricted more than 1,950 groups and 440 pages on Facebook as well as more than 10,000 accounts on Instagram connected to QAnon.

The social-media giant said the moves reflect an expanded policy regarding dangerous individuals and organizations to include accounts that play host to discussions of potential violence even if they dont meet its criteria for being marked as dangerous.

In some cases, Facebook will reduce the visibility of pages, groups and accounts associated with these movements, including preventing them from being recommended to users, pushing them lower in users needs feeds and preventing the groups from buying ads.

The restrictions would apply to groups and accounts representing QAnon but not to other users, including politicians, who espouse or support QAnon views from personal and professional accounts.

Facebook said in the near future it will prohibit anybody from running ads praising, supporting or representing these movements.

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