Thread by @BrandyZadrozny, EXCLUSIVE: Documents from an internal Facebook investigation into Qanon show, for the [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Documents from an internal Facebook investigation into Qanon show, for the first time, the massive scale of the conspiracy theory's community on the platform. We're talking thousands of groups, millions of members. From me and @ArijitDSen http://nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/qanon-groups-have-millions-members-facebook-documents-show-n1236317

QAnon groups have millions of members on Facebook, documents show

The preliminary results of an investigation by Facebook shed new light on the scope of activity and content from the QAnon community on the platform.

http://nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/qanon-groups-have-millions-members-facebook-documents-show-n1236317

The investigation will likely inform what, if any, action Facebook decides to take against its QAnon community. Facebook is considering options like it took for the antivaxx community, to reduce its reach like excluding it from search and recommendations.

They're also considering excluding Qanon content from ads. (Which they don't currently do!)

Gentle reminder that if you work at Facebook and want to share info on this or any other goings on inside the company around extremism or policy, my Signal number is in bio and DMs are open. http://nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/qanon-groups-have-millions-members-facebook-documents-show-n1236317

QAnon groups have millions of members on Facebook, documents show

The preliminary results of an investigation by Facebook shed new light on the scope of activity and content from the QAnon community on the platform.

http://nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/qanon-groups-have-millions-members-facebook-documents-show-n1236317

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