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YouTube has become the latest social media giant to announce a sweeping crack down on content linked to the QAnon conspiracy theory

Posted by spit-evil-olive-tips
Tags: social media, youtube, qanon, conspiracy theories, politics, 2020 us presidential election, source.bbc
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54562802

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Title
QAnon: YouTube moves to purge 'harmful conspiracy theories'
Published
Oct 15 2020
Word count
32 words

2 comments

  1. spit-evil-olive-tips
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    Direct link to the announcement: https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/harmful-conspiracy-theories-youtube Wow, good job guys. You were previously sending a ton of ordinary users down a QAnon...

    Direct link to the announcement: https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/harmful-conspiracy-theories-youtube

    In fact, when we looked at QAnon content, we saw the number of views that come from non-subscribed recommendations to prominent Q-related channels dropped by over 80% since January 2019.

    Wow, good job guys. You were previously sending a ton of ordinary users down a QAnon rabbit hole...now you're only doing that to one-fifth as many users as you used to.

    10 votes
  2. norney
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    Pessimistic I know, but I believe the fact discussions like this have to happen at all means the war is lost.

    Pessimistic I know, but I believe the fact discussions like this have to happen at all means the war is lost.

    3 votes