<p>Twitter has banned President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn and pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell as part of a purge of QAnon accounts following the storming of the US Capitol by a mob of violent Trump supporters.</p>.<p>Social media companies have been under intensified pressure to crack down on hate speech after Wednesday's attack on the Capitol.</p>.<p>Dozens of QAnon social media accounts were hyping up January 6 in the days leading up to a Washington DC rally for Trump, expressing hope that President-elect Joe Biden's victory would be overturned.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/trump-is-heading-for-second-impeachment-heres-how-it-could-play-out-936950.html">Trump is heading for second impeachment. Here's how it could play out</a></strong></p>.<p>Twitter said in an email statement on Friday: "Given the renewed potential for violence surrounding this type of behavior in the coming days, we will permanently suspend accounts that are solely dedicated to sharing QAnon content."</p>.<p>The company says that when it determines a group or campaign is engaged in "coordinated harmful activity", it may suspend accounts that it finds primarily encourages that behaviour.</p>.<p>QAnon is a baseless belief, born on the internet, that Trump has been secretly fighting deep state enemies and a cabal of Satan-worshipping cannibals operating a child sex-trafficking ring. </p>
<p>Twitter has banned President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn and pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell as part of a purge of QAnon accounts following the storming of the US Capitol by a mob of violent Trump supporters.</p>.<p>Social media companies have been under intensified pressure to crack down on hate speech after Wednesday's attack on the Capitol.</p>.<p>Dozens of QAnon social media accounts were hyping up January 6 in the days leading up to a Washington DC rally for Trump, expressing hope that President-elect Joe Biden's victory would be overturned.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/trump-is-heading-for-second-impeachment-heres-how-it-could-play-out-936950.html">Trump is heading for second impeachment. Here's how it could play out</a></strong></p>.<p>Twitter said in an email statement on Friday: "Given the renewed potential for violence surrounding this type of behavior in the coming days, we will permanently suspend accounts that are solely dedicated to sharing QAnon content."</p>.<p>The company says that when it determines a group or campaign is engaged in "coordinated harmful activity", it may suspend accounts that it finds primarily encourages that behaviour.</p>.<p>QAnon is a baseless belief, born on the internet, that Trump has been secretly fighting deep state enemies and a cabal of Satan-worshipping cannibals operating a child sex-trafficking ring. </p>