Facebook has long stayed away from politics, saying it doesn’t want to delete posts on one side or the other. But the network was eventually forced to take action against the QAnon movement. The company banned thousands of pages promoting violence last August and today Decided to delete all QAnon related content, even those who respect its charter.
As a reminder, QAnon is a far-right movement, pro-Trump and an expert on conspiracy theory. According to his followers, Donald Trump is the last bastion against Satanism and pedophilia (which are usually synonymous with Democrats and Hollywood) that will devour the United States. What makes this trend so special is its violence; some sympathizers are organized around paramilitary groups. The American services are also following very closely the nebula, which has neither a leader nor a real structure.
All groups deleted
That’s why Facebook is banning all QAnon-related content. This massive purge primarily concerns groups that show ties or sympathies to the movement, not its members. But users who tout their affiliation have also been banned. A long-term operation By Facebook’s own admission, members always find a way to get together.
Because that’s what Facebook is for : Focus on exchanges first and foremost, rather than members. Since the latter mostly meet and chat over the web, eliminating this possibility is an effective, if temporary, solution. In fact, such movements always find a way to meet in other places.
So Facebook crashes, Eliminating the tip of the iceberg. It must be said that the social network is walking on eggshells a month before the US presidential elections. It has no intention of repeating the Cambridge Analytica scandal that brought Mark Zuckerberg to the Senate. For example, a few months ago, the network introduced the option to hide messages of a political nature.
