Twitter says it permanently suspended a QAnon account belonging to a family friend of the prime minister,
Scott Morrison, for “engaging in coordinated harmful activity”.
Twitter is in the
middle of a broader crackdown on QAnon content and is attempting to reduce the amplification of accounts spreading “clear and well-documented informational, physical, societal and psychological offline harm on our service”.
BurnedSpy34, a prominent and prolific member of the Australian
QAnon scene, was recently permanently suspended.
The man behind the account, Tim Stewart, regularly tweeted content associated with the QAnon conspiracy theory to his tens of thousands of followers, including bizarre and unfounded claims about Alexander Downer and Julie Bishop, among others.
“The account you mentioned below has been permanently suspended for engaging in coordinated harmful activity,” a
Twitter spokeswoman said.