QAnon supports reportedly found a new place to go. Getty Images Twitch, Amazon’s video game streaming platform, has had its share of streamers who created content too sexualized or too toxic for the company’s terms and services. But now there appears to be a new batch of creators thriving on the platform after being banned from other social media networks for sharing QAnon and COVID-denying conspiracy theories.More than 20 channels streaming far-right ideas and conspiracy theories are on Twitch, according to a report from The New York Times Tuesday. Some of the streamers are faithful to former President Donald Trump and are spreading the false narrative that he won the 2020 presidential election. Others include QAnon supporters who spread the misinformation that the Democratic party and Hollywood elite are part of a cabal of pedophile Satan worshippers, the report said. Stay in the know Get the latest tech stories with CNET Daily News every weekday. Some of these channels make money from streaming to Twitch through donations from viewers or subscriptions, according to the NYT. Twitch says it will take “swift action” against users who violate any of its community policies, which recently changed to include behavior away from the platform.…
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