Apple removes app that reportedly promoted Qanon conspiracy theory from App store

In an effort to curb the spread of misinformation and fake news, Apple has reportedly removed an app called the Qdrops from the its App store late last week. According to a report in NBC News, "The app, called “QDrops,” sends alerts about a conspiracy theory called Qanon, an offshoot of the “pizzagate” fiction that claimed Clinton was running a child sex trafficking ring out of the basement of a Washington pizza shop that didn’t even have a basement.

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