Four social media companies were hit with subpoenas Thursday from the special House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attacks, as the panel weighs how a campaign of disinformation helped ignite the Capitol siege.
Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said the formal demands on the companies were necessary because of "inadequate responses to prior requests for information."
“Two key questions for the Select Committee are how the spread of misinformation and violent extremism contributed to the violent attack on our democracy, and what steps—if any—social media companies took to prevent their platforms from being breeding grounds for radicalizing people to violence," Thompson said. "It’s disappointing that after months of engagement, we still do not have the documents and information necessary to answer those basic questions.
In its disclosure Thursday, the committee referred to Alphabet's YouTube as ultimately "relevant to the planning and execution of January 6th attack... including livestreams of the attack as it was taking place." "The Select Committee believes Alphabet has significant undisclosed information that is critical to its investigation, concerning how Alphabet developed, implemented, and reviewed its content moderation, algorithmic promotion, demonetization, and other policies that may have affected the January 6, 2021 events,"Meta, which owns Facebook, was used to "to share messages of hatred, violence, and incitement; to spread misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracy theories around the...
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