(CNN Business) Facebook said Tuesday it will ban any pages, groups, and Instagram accounts representing the conspiracy theory QAnon from its platform. The move comes three years after the far-right conspiracy theory began. During those years QAnon adherents have embraced a number of different and often contradictory theories, but the basic false beliefs underlying QAnon are claims about a cabal of politicians and A-list celebrities engaging in child sex abuse, and a "deep state" effort to undermine President Trump. There are now multiple Republicans running for Congress who have expressed support for QAnon. In August, President Donald Trump praised QAnon followers for supporting him.

Source: CNN October 06, 2020 21:33 UTC