Facebook’s QAnon debunk initiative glitches, accidentally sends users to conspiracy theory...

Facebook’s initiative for informing people about the dangers of the QAnon conspiracy theory directed users to QAnon information when they were not looking for it.

A “glitch” caused people to see information about the conspiracy theory when they were searching for “unrelated terms”.

“When we first launched the Redirect Initiative for QAnon today there was a glitch that caused people to see information about this topic when they searched for unrelated terms. We’ve paused this Redirect while we fix the issue”, Facebook announced in a tweet.

It is unclear when the initative will be reinstated again.


Facebook’s ‘Redirect Iniative’ directs users to information from the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET), the academic research network of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, when they search for QAnon terms.