Patreon will remove creator accounts that promote QAnon content
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Patreon has updated its policies and will no longer support creator accounts on its platform that advance disinformation promoting the QAnon conspiracy theory," the company announced in a blog post.
A small number of creators" on Patreon have supported QAnon with their work, the platform says, adding it's taking action because a number of other online platforms become overrun with pages and groups actively focused around QAnon disinformation."
QAnon-dedicated creators identified by Patreon's policy and trust & safety teams will have their accounts removed, the blog post added. The policy update applies only to creators engaged in spreading QAnon-supporting disinformation," the company said; while just mentioning, entertaining,...