YouTube bans ‘harmful’ QAnon, Pizzagate, and other conspiracy theory content

It’s a tough time for believers of QAnon, the baseless far right conspiracy theory that claims President Trump is secretly battling a global satanic child trafficking ring run by his political enemies. Earlier this summer, Twitter announced it was cracking down on accounts promoting QAnon. Then, just this month, Facebook rolled out a new policy that prohibited the vast majority of QAnon pages and groups. Now it’s YouTube’s turn to take action against the conspiracy theory. In a blog post published on Thursday, YouTube announced that it would be expanding on its hate and harassment policies, which will now “prohibit content that targets an individual or group with conspiracy theories that have been used to justify real-world violence.” Read more...More about Google, Youtube, Donald Trump, Conspiracy Theory, and Qanon