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kevin roose is tech columnist at the "new york times." >> it's not like these people got banned fromhe platforms because they said something mean or called someone a name. i mean, there is bloodshed. >> reporter: parlor c.e.o. john matze defends his social platform earlier telling fox news. >> they're doing it to stifle >> they're doing it to free speech and competition in the marketplace, and they could do this to anybody. >> reporter: ashkan soltani says this is about safety but also politics. >> this response is directly motivated to the fact that the people impacted were the people that govern this platform. >> reporter: tonight >> reporter: tonight, facebook which also temporarily suspended the president's account said over the next few weeks it will take additional steps to stop misinformation and content that could incite further violence, including removing content that uses the phrase "stop the steal" a group that went by that same name was removed two months ago, norah. >> o'donnell: anna werner, thank you. we're going to turn now to america's deadliest week in the coronavi

. >> joining me now is kevin roose, a technology columnist from "the new york times."y theory. thanks for being with us and being in the documentary. we heard from the former follower. who realized their theories and believes are completely made up. were helping qanon. the idea that is an actual idea that some of the followers believe, i do not understand rationally how someone does that. are they ever able to give you a good explanation for why they believe these really insane theories? >> some of it is what he told you. she has posted thousands of times about celebrities, democrats, about things that he believes are happening in the deep state. so, it is partly that. i think that q has sort of become a big tent conspiracy theory that really has engulfed every other major conspiracy of the last 50 years. you will find people on qanon talking about 9/11, aliens, people talking about the moon landing. basically every major conspiracy theory has been wrapped into qanon in this really interesting and troubling way. >> they have done something that is very smart. they have