YouTube CEO won't say if company will ban QAnon

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In an interview with PoppyHarlowCNN for the BossFiles podcast, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki stopped short of pledging to ban followers of the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon on the platform.

For years, YouTube has faced challenges over the types of content it removes, from terrorist propaganda and hate speech to misinformation about vaccines. It's now struggling over what to do about the QAnon conspiracy theory.

In an interview with CNN's Poppy Harlow for the Boss Files podcast, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki stopped short of pledging to ban QAnon followers on the platform. "We're looking very closely at QAnon," Wojcicki said."We already implemented a large number of different policies that have helped to maintain that in a responsible way.

YouTube CEO on removing video of Trump making false Covid-19 claim 04:52Harlow asked Wojcicki about the hesitation to ban QAnon on YouTube, especially as the FBI has called followers a potential domestic terror threat. She did not provide a clear answer. "I think with every policy, it has to be defined very clearly. Like what does that exactly mean, a QAnon group exactly?" Wojcicki said.

 

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PoppyHarlowCNN Uh no, & it’s stupid to censor & cheer on deplatforming when it’ll just come back to bite u in the ass if ur a leftist. We’ve seen this play out on Twitter & FB where they use alt right hate grps to then actually start attacking & silencing the left. Don’t cheer efforts to censor

PoppyHarlowCNN Why ban only certain “conspiracy theories?🤔 Do the ban “JFK assignation theories”? Do the ban “fake moon landing theories”? Do they ban “9/11 conspiracy theories “? Spoiler: Nope! 🙄

PoppyHarlowCNN They don’t wanna know the truth

PoppyHarlowCNN Hearings are on FOX

PoppyHarlowCNN who cares Trump is over

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