Roku has allowed hundreds of thousands of installations of a channel dedicated to QAnon conspiracy theories

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Roku has allowed hundreds of thousands of installations of a channel dedicated to QAnon conspiracy theoriesRoku may be making money on the channel via ads, despite its rules against such contentPublishedStreaming platform Roku has allowed a channel dedicated to QAnon conspiracy theories to launch, even though it seemingly violates the platform’s rules and precedent that disallows this kind of content.The content featured on Burrow includes sections for videos dedicated to the false QAnon and Pizzagate conspiracy theories, along with sections for “Human Trafficking / Elite Pedophelia” and “Rituals and Satanic Cults.” The channel also includes QAnon and Pizzagate-related films such as “Fall of Cabal” and “Out of Shadows,” and it promotes content from the conspiracy theory network Infowars.All of this content seems to violate Roku’s own rules, which prohibit content that could “incite violence, place individuals or groups in imminent harm, or are otherwise unlawful or encouraging of illegal activity,” or “contain false, irrelevant or misleading information.” Roku has also previously said that it has policies to prevent content that is “unlawful, incited illegal activities, or violates third-party rights.” Both QAnon and Pizzagate have been tied to multiple acts of violence, and government agencies have warned of potential additional violence associated with the conspiracy theories.Roku has also previously banned channels for similar content, including those dedicated to QAnon and to Infowars.Among those who have responded to the ad buyer ask have included QAnon influencer Dustin Nemos, who wrote to the channel that he “would love to reinforce you.”And ads on the platform have already started: During the ad buyer ask, the conspiracy theorists behind the channel claimed that someone had already “bought some ad space with us for a month.” The channel has also run ads asking for others to advertise on its channel."

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