Facebook, Twitter, Google, and several right-wing platforms are among the companies targeted in the probe.
A House panel investigating the insurrection on January 6 at the U.S. Capitol is demanding records from more than a dozen social media companies. The select committee on Friday sent a letter to 15 platforms and tech firms seeking a range of documents—including data, reports and analyses—dating back to the spring of 2020. The panel is also seeking any information on policy changes the companies made, or failed to make, in response to the spread of misinformation and violent extremism on their platforms. This will include decisions made to ban material from their sites, as well as any communication with law enforcement agencies and government entities. Among the companies targeted were Facebook, Twitter and Google, as well as several right-wing platforms. Chairman Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, said in a press release that the lawmakers are examining the “facts, circumstances, and causes of the attack and relating to the peaceful transfer of power, in order to identify and evaluate lessons learned and to recommend corrective laws, procedures, rules, or regulations.
