Twitter announces broad crackdown on QAnon accounts and content

The company's restrictions, which will affect about 150,000 accounts, will include blocking URLs and not recommending content

Twitter announced a broad crackdown on accounts and content related to the QAnon conspiracy theory on Tuesday, citing its policies against behavior that has the potential to lead to offline harm".

The company said it would block URLs associated with QAnon from being shared on the platform, and would no longer recommend content and accounts associated with QAnon or highlight them in search and conversations. These restrictions will affect approximately 150,000 accounts, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed. NBC News first reported the crackdown.