{"id":692761,"date":"2021-08-28T07:50:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T11:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=692761"},"modified":"2021-08-28T08:49:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T12:49:21","slug":"jan-6-committee-seeks-records-from-15-tech-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jan-6-committee-seeks-records-from-15-tech-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan. 6 Committee Seeks Records From 15 Tech Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjan-6-committee-seeks-records-from-15-tech-platforms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=692761&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Democrat-majority committee probing the events that unfolded at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 issued letters to 15 telecommunications and social media companies, including giants such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google, asking them to provide a series of documents related to the day.<\/p>\n<p>The other platforms being targeted in the records demand are 4chan, 8kun (formerly known as 8chan), Gab, Parler, Reddit, Snapchat, Telegram, theDonald.win, TikTok, Twitch, Youtube, and Zello.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/january6th.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/select-committee-demands-records-related-january-6th-attack-social-media-0\">statement<\/a> from the select committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), its chairman, is giving the companies two weeks to provide \u201cinformation including records related to the spread of misinformation, efforts to overturn the 2020 election or prevent the certification of the results, domestic violent extremism, and foreign influence in the 2020 election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the committee is seeking \u201ca range of records, including data, reports, analyses, and communications stretching back to spring of 2020.\u201d It is also \u201cseeking information on policy changes social media companies adopted\u2014or failed to adopt\u2014to 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Facebook in a statement to multiple outlets confirmed it had received the documents request, adding that it looks forward to working with the committee. Snapchat and Reddit issued similar comments.<\/p>\n<p>Google, which owns Youtube, also confirmed receipt of the letter and said it would cooperate with the request. It called the events of Jan. 6 \u201cunprecedented and tragic\u201d adding that Google and YouTube \u201cstrongly condemn them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re committed to protecting our platforms from abuse, including by rigorously enforcing our policies for content related to the events of January 6,\u201d Google said.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.gab.com\/2021\/08\/27\/gab-receives-a-letter-from-congress\/\">statement<\/a>, Gab CEO Andrew Torba confirmed receipt of the letter from the committee and said that the company has a \u201czero-tolerance policy towards threats of violence and unlawful speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Separately, 8kun owner Jim Watkins confirmed the receipt of the committee\u2019s letter in a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/jim_watkins\/846\">Telegram<\/a>, sharing a screenshot of the first page of the letter.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers on Jan. 6 gathered at the U.S. Capitol for a joint session of Congress to count and certify electoral votes for the 2020 presidential election. But it was interrupted when a small group of rioters led a breach of the Capitol building as thousands of protesters, mostly peaceful, remained outside. It remains unclear who instigated the incident.<\/p>\n<div class=\"morearticles\">\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"post_list\">\n<div class=\"article\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/what-happened-in-dc-on-jan-6-2_3648252.html\">Timeline of Events in DC on Jan. 6<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3563808\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/11\/03\/GettyImages-1229196245-1200x814.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"814\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3563808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1229196245-600x407-1.jpg\" alt=\"logos\" width=\"600\" height=\"407\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A photo shows the logos of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google, and Snapchat. (Denis Charlet\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>Thompson said in the statement that the select committee \u201cis 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, policies, procedures, rules, or regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The latest records request was announced two days after the committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/jan-6-committee-democrats-to-request-lawmaker-records_3962223.html\">announced<\/a> it is seeking records from eight executive branch agencies, including the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).<\/p>\n<p>That sweeping request included seeking for archived communications from the Trump White House. The former president in a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/real_DonaldJTrump\/13910\">statement<\/a> accused the committee of carrying out a \u201cpartisan exercise \u2026 at the expense of long-standing legal principles of privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExecutive privilege will be defended, not just on behalf of my Administration and the Patriots who worked beside me, but on behalf of the Office of the President of the United States and the future of our Nation,\u201d former President Donald Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>The events of Jan. 6 had culminated in a Democrat-pushed second impeachment trial of\u00a0 Trump, who was ultimately acquitted of an insurrection incitement charge in February by the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>More than 500 people have been arrested and charged in cases related to the events on Jan. 6 at the Capitol. Among them, more than 50 are being held pretrial in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day, in conditions that are \u201cunconstitutional\u201d and violate \u201cevery single basic human right,\u201d lawyers representing several of the defendants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/jan-6-detainees-confined-23-hours-a-day-attorneys-say_3886969.html\">previously told EpochTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Four police officers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/police-officers-offer-harrowing-accounts-at-first-jan-6-panel-hearing_3920968.html\">on July 27<\/a> recounted to a House of Representatives special committee that they were beaten and threatened amid clashes with the protesters on Jan. 6. More than 100 police officers were reportedly injured in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 incident.<\/p>\n<p>A total of five deaths were recorded in the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 6 incident. Of the deaths, Trump supporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/ashli-babbitts-manner-of-death-during-jan-6-capitol-riots-ruled-a-homicide-by-dc-medical-examiners-office_3766477.html\">Ashli Babbitt<\/a> was determined to have died from homicide. The officer who killed her, Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/capitol-police-officer-who-killed-ashli-babbitt-reveals-identity-in-tv-interview_3967897.html\">defended his actions<\/a> in an interview with NBC that was aired on Aug. 26.<\/p>\n<p>In another death, Capitol officer Brian Sicknick was determined to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/capitol-police-officer-brian-sicknick-died-from-natural-causes-the-day-after-capitol-riot-medical-examiner_3782540.html\">died of natural causes<\/a>. Another three people died outside the Capitol building, with two of the deaths due to natural causes, and the remaining death ruled as an accident.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat-majority House voted in late June to form the select committee, which House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) had proposed in mid-February.<\/p>\n<p>The committee consists of seven Democrats and two anti-Trump Republicans, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.).<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi had previously rejected two of five Republican lawmakers that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had nominated for the commission. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/pelosi-says-she-wont-let-gop-antics-distract-from-jan-6-probe-after-mccarthy-withdraws-all-nominees_3914565.html\">In response<\/a>, McCarthy said her rejection represented \u201can egregious abuse of power\u201d and that Republicans \u201cwill not be party to their sham process and will instead pursue our own investigation of the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/WEB_MimiNguyen_1.jpg\" alt=\"Mimi Nguyen Ly\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"names\">\n<p>Mimi Nguyen Ly<\/p>\n<p>Reporter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mimi Nguyen Ly is a reporter based in Australia. She covers world news with a focus on U.S. news. Contact her at mimi.nl@epochtimes.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democrat-majority committee probing the events that unfolded at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 issued letters to 15 telecommunications and social media companies, including giants such as Facebook, Twitter, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-692761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}