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Key PointsIn this article on Monday evening announced that is has suspended more than 70,000 accounts associated with the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory."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," the company said in .The suspensions come after the company on Friday said that it would . The company on Friday suspended the accounts of Michael Flynn and Sidney Powell, supporters of President Donald Trump.The company's shares closed on Monday. It was the first trading session since Twitter permanently suspended President Donald Trump's account.Twitter's announcement comes as social media companies step up their efforts to rid their services of content that could lead to violence like the events of the insurgency at the U.S. Capitol.Earlier on Monday Facebook said that it would containing the phrase "stop the steal" from its services in the lead-up to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20.See also: Social media platforms block Trump after violence on Capitol Hill

Key PointsIn this article on Monday evening announced that is has suspended more than 70,000 accounts associated with the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory."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," the company said in .The suspensions come after the company on Friday said that it would . The company on Friday suspended the accounts of Michael Flynn and Sidney Powell, supporters of President Donald Trump.The company's shares closed on Monday. It was the first...

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Salvador Rodriguez is a CNBC technology reporter covering Facebook and social media. He was previously with Reuters, Inc. Magazine, the International Business Times and the Los Angeles Times. He can be reached at salvador.rodriguez@nbcuni.com or by cell or Signal at 281-409-3516.

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