TOPLINEFacebook has found over 3 million members of the QAnon community on its platform and the company has accepted 185 ads “praising, supporting or representing” QAnon that generated $12,000 in revenue over the past 30 days, according to findings of an internal investigation reviewed by NBC News. 16 May 2020, North Rhine-Westphalia, Essen: A participant of the demonstrations against corona ... [+] measures wears a warning vest with "QAnon" written on it. A small team working across several of Facebook’s departments found 185 ads that the company had accepted “praising, supporting, or representing” QAnon, according to an internal post shared among more than 400 employees, NBC reported. The ads generated about $12,000 for Facebook and 4 million impressions in the last 30 days. Facebook reportedly aided that growth with its recommendations feature, powered by a secret algorithm that suggests groups to users seemingly based on interests and existing group membership.

Source: Forbes August 10, 2020 21:56 UTC