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Canton Township rejects former state senatorโs demand for information on election machines
Read full article: Canton Township rejects former state senatorโs demand for information on election machinesA local township says โNoโ to a conspiracy theoristโs request for sensitive information straight from the election machines.
Facebook says it will ban groups for โrepresentingโ QAnon
Read full article: Facebook says it will ban groups for โrepresentingโ QAnonMentions of QAnon in a group focused on a different subject wonโt necessarily lead to a ban, Facebook said. Facebook announced its new approach weeks after deciding to limit the spread of content from Facebook pages, groups and Instagram accounts that support violent acts, such as those associated with QAnon. โStarting today, we will remove Facebook Pages, Groups and Instagram accounts for representing QAnon, even if they contain no violent content," Facebook wrote in a press release Tuesday. The QAnon phenomenon has sprawled across a patchwork of secret Facebook groups, Twitter accounts and YouTube videos in recent years. Reddit, which began banning QAnon groups in 2018, was well ahead, and to date it has largely avoided having a notable QAnon presence on its platform.
Pence drops plan to go to fundraiser hosted by QAnon backers
Read full article: Pence drops plan to go to fundraiser hosted by QAnon backersโ Vice President Mike Pence has canceled plans to attend a Trump campaign fundraiser in Montana following revelations that the event's hosts had expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory. The change comes after the AP reported Wednesday that hosts Cayrn and Michael Borland in Bozeman, Montana, had shared QAnon memes and retweeted posts from QAnon accounts. The QAnon narrative has grown to include other long-standing conspiracy theories, gaining traction among some extreme Trump supporters. Pence has said it's a conspiracy theory and last month told CBS, โI donโt know anything about QAnon, and I dismiss it out of hand."" In April, she responded to a pro-Trump Tweet from a QAnon account by replying โAlwaysโ with a praying hands emoji.