Capitol Hill siege: Twitter bans Michael Flynn and Sidney Powell
1 min read Twitter has banned President Donald Trump’s former nationwide safety adviser Michael Flynn and pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell as a part of a purge of QAnon accounts following the storming of the US Capitol by a mob of violent Trump supporters.
Social media firms have been underneath intensified stress to crack down on hate speech after Wednesday’s assault on the Capitol.
Dozens of QAnon social media accounts have been hyping up January 6 within the days main as much as a Washington DC rally for Trump, expressing hope that President-elect Joe Biden’s victory could be overturned.
Twitter mentioned in an e mail assertion on Friday: “Given the renewed potential for violence surrounding this type of behavior in the coming days, we will permanently suspend accounts that are solely dedicated to sharing QAnon content.”
The firm says that when it determines a gaggle or marketing campaign is engaged in “coordinated harmful activity”, it could droop accounts that it finds primarily encourages that behaviour.
QAnon is a baseless perception, born on the web, that Trump has been secretly combating deep state enemies and a cabal of Satan-worshipping cannibals working a toddler sex-trafficking ring.