Sham Jan 6th Committee Subpoenas Tech Giants
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The sham Jan 6th committee has issued more subpoenas.
They have now issued the tech giants Alphabet, Meta, Reddit, and Twitter.
Committee chair Bennie Thompson said that “two key questions for the Select Committee are how the spread of misinformation and violent extremism contributed to the violent attack on our democracy.”
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas tech giants Alphabet, Meta, Reddit, Twitter | Just The News https://t.co/Ju18B3lD4k
— John Solomon (@jsolomonReports) January 14, 2022
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol issued subpoenas Thursday to four social media giants – Alphabet, Meta, Reddit and Twitter – to learn about the companies’ roles in the 2020 election as well as in “domestic violent extremism” and “the spread of misinformation.”
Congressional concerns over the spread of misinformation have focused on the social media companies for years. Alphabet is the parent company of Google and Youtube, while Meta is the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
This is the second Jan. 6 committee request for information from Google, Reddit, Facebook and Twitter. The panel said the companies offered “inadequate responses” to its August 2021 request.
“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.) stated.
“It’s disappointing that after months of engagement, we still do not have the documents and information necessary to answer those basic questions,” Thompson said. “The Select Committee is working to get answers for the American people and help ensure nothing like January 6th ever happens again.”
“We cannot allow our important work to be delayed any further,” Thompson added. Midterms are this fall and if the Democrats lose the House majority, the committee likely will be disbanded, so time is running out for the investigation.
