Twitter suspends 70,000 accounts linked to pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy


Twitter suspends 70,000 plus accounts linked to QAnon movement, following the attack on the US Capitol by Donald Trump supporters. — Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP

Twitter announced Monday it has suspended "more than 70,000 accounts" linked to the QAnon conspiracy theory following the attack on the US Capitol by a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters.

The social network began its purge Friday, shortly after it had permanently suspended Trump's account for language that could incite violence.

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