In the wake of the storming of the US Capitol by US President Donald Trump’s supporters,

 

Twitter has suspended more than 70,000 accounts since Friday that were primarily

 

associated with QAnon, a far-right conspiracy theory. On Friday, Twitter had indicated that it

 

was planning to suspend accounts pushing content related to QAnon and ban all the right-

 

wing boosters of this conspiracy theory.

 

In a blog post on Monday, Twitter released a statement regarding the same. “Given the

 

violent events in Washington DC, and increased risk of harm, we began permanently

 

suspending thousands of accounts that were primarily dedicated to sharing QAnon content on

 

Friday afternoon,” Twitter said. “These accounts were engaged in sharing harmful QAnon-

 

associated content at scale and were primarily dedicated to the propagation of this conspiracy

 

theory across the service.”

 

Twitter has also said that this move could result in some accounts losing a multitude of

 

followers. Talking about the same, the company said that, “Our updated enforcement on

 

QAnon content on Twitter, along with routine spam challenges, has resulted in changes in

 

follower count for some people’s Twitter accounts. In some cases, these actions may have

 

resulted in follower count changes in the thousands.”

 

QAnon supporters have been known for pushing conspiracies on social media platforms,

 

some of which include baseless claims like Donald Trump secretly fighting a cabal of child-

 

sex predators, among them prominent Democrats, figures in Hollywood and, high ranking

 

government officials.

 

On Monday, Amazon stated that it was working to remove some QAnon products from its

 

website, citing policies that prohibit the sale of offensive and inappropriate items. This

 

decision comes after the Jeff Bezos led company was scrutinized for permitting the sale of

 

apparel with QAnon insignia, and books related to the conspiracy theory days after last

 

week’s attack on the US Capitol.

 

Twitter’s shares witnessed a sharp decline after the suspension of Trump from the social

 

media platform. The company has lost $5bn in market value.

 

The storming of the US Capitol last week resulted in the death of five people, including a

 

police officer who died in the line of duty. It also led to the delay in the certification of

 

President-elect Joe Biden’s victory as lawmakers were compelled to flee from the building.

 

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