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The actions followed the barring of President Trump from the service last week, as Twitter has moved to distance itself from violent content.

Continue reading the main storyTracking Viral MisinformationDec. 18, 2020, 6:00 a.m. ETDec. 18, 2020, 6:00 a.m. ETBy Sheera Frenkel“Even after the ban, personal Facebook profiles — many with large followings — continue to discuss and promote the conspiracy on the platform,” a new report says.Credit...Robyn Beck/Agen...

New research indicates that pollsters may not have captured the Trump support swirling around the online conspiracy theory.

The photo-sharing site said it would temporarily remove its “recent” tab to slow the spread of harmful content before Tuesday’s election.

Halloween decorations, Harry Styles and a QAnon-adjacent missing children story broke up a wall of pre-election political news.

YouTube has played a bigger role in moving QAnon from the fringes to the mainstream than most platforms.

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, once cited Holocaust denial as something he would allow on the social network for free speech reasons.

QAnon, #TrumpCovidHoax and other conspiracy theories may be part of a larger authority crisis created by the internet.

Kevin Roose, a Times tech columnist, has watched the baseless conspiracy theory grow from fringe internet subculture to mass movement, carefully calibrating his coverage along the way.

The social network tried cracking down on the spread of the conspiracy theory and other extremist material. But QAnon groups are still flourishing on the site.

Online wellness influencers are pushing back against an influx of misinformation related to QAnon, the vast pro-Trump conspiracy theory.

Explaining the “big tent conspiracy theory” that falsely claims that President Trump is facing down a shadowy cabal of Democratic pedophiles.

False and misleading information about Ms. Harris has surged in the days since she joined the Biden ticket.

Fans of the pro-Trump conspiracy theory are clogging anti-trafficking hotlines, infiltrating Facebook groups and raising false fears about child exploitation.

It began online as an intricate, if baseless, pro-Trump conspiracy theory. Now it has surfaced in political campaigns, criminal cases and a college classroom.