from the not-cool dept
Whatever you think of what happened on January 6th, people should be concerned about the House Select Committee that is investigating those events now demanding information from various social networks. As the committee announced in a press release, it was demanding records from a long list of social media companies.
The letters to the social media companies seek a range of records, including data, reports, analyses, and communications stretching back to spring of 2020. The Select Committee is also seeking information on policy changes social media companies adopted—or failed to adopt—to address the spread of false information, violent extremism, and foreign malign influence, including decisions on banning material from platforms and contacts with law enforcement and other government entities.
The following companies received record demands from the Select Committee:
Some of the information requested may be reasonable to ask for, but the requests are fairly sweeping. I've seen some argue that since the requests are so broad, it shows that they're not biased, but it's not bias I'm concerned about. The reports are demanding over a year's worth of details from each of these websites regarding things like:
All accounts, users, groups, events, messaging forums, marketplaces, posts, or other user-generated content that was...
Read Full Story: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210829/01184747459/house-committee-investigating-january-6th-capitol-invasion-goes-social-media-fishing-expedition-companies-should-resist.shtml
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