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I have literally no idea what Facebook& #39;s new policy is on QAnon or what it will apply to in future, and so I would like you to please read this post but replace "Twitter" with "Facebook" https://www.lawfareblog.com/twitter-brings-down-banhammer-qanon">https://www.lawfareblog.com/twitter-b...
It seems pretty sui generis, which makes sense because no one is really sure what QAnon is. Not even many of its adherents https://www.wired.com/story/qanon-supporters-arent-quite-who-you-think-they-are/">https://www.wired.com/story/qan...
Hard not to think that the House condemnation played a role here, given timing. I hope so: that seems a more accountable and democratic way for this to work. I wish that had been made explicit. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/election-qanon-house-democrats/2020/10/02/272fc09e-04bd-11eb-b7ed-141dd88560ea_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost...
Facebook itself literally doesn& #39;t know what the limits of its policy are!
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/06/qanon-facebook-ban-conspiracy-theory-groups">https://www.theguardian.com/technolog...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/06/qanon-facebook-ban-conspiracy-theory-groups">https://www.theguardian.com/technolog...
Applaud the outcome if you like, but this is not tech accountability. This may have temporarily solved fb& #39;s problem, but it has not solved ours, either with fb or (I bet) QAnon. It& #39;s kicking the can down the road.
Oh, sub in "Facebook" for Twitter again plz 
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Btw, Twitter did end up releasing what is the most comprehensive policy so far on this front. I like it, but bc I& #39;m a pain, I& #39;m waiting to see if they enforce it consistently & transparently (or at all) https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/coordinated-harmful-activity">https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-...
Btw, Twitter did end up releasing what is the most comprehensive policy so far on this front. I like it, but bc I& #39;m a pain, I& #39;m waiting to see if they enforce it consistently & transparently (or at all) https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/coordinated-harmful-activity">https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-...
*How* platforms moderate matters.
And, this is not CoMo but on the human side, this is a blunt way of dealing with a mental health crisis wrapped in conspiracy theories. We will need bigger imaginations than just bans.
