The committee says the companies have refused to hand over internal documents about what they may have done to stop their platforms from ‚radicalizing people to violence.‘
The House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill attack has subpoenaed Alphabet, Meta, Twitter, and Reddit and demanded they hand over internal documents concerning the spread of misinformation, efforts to overturn or influence the 2020 election, and domestic violent extremism in the lead-up to last year’s insurrection. The House select committee originally demanded the companies supply these sensitive documents back in August, but discussions have stalled, forcing the panel to issue subpoenas. „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,“ Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.
