Did the House Jan. 6 committee bend the knee to Big Tech in its final report?
Evidence and allegations published in The Washington Post on Tuesday suggest members did just that. In the article, the Post shared 122-page draft memo compiled by investigators to detail the role that social media platforms played in spreading extremist views ahead of the deadly Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
But sources told the Post that some committee members — particularly, California Democrat Zoe Lofgren and Wyoming Republican Liz Cheney — had resisted having a focus on social media platforms in the final report. Lofgren, whose district is home to several Big Tech companies, denied the claim; a spokesperson previously defended Cheney against criticism that she was too focused on former President Donald Trump.
According to the Post:
[I]n the end, committee leaders declined to delve into those topics in detail in their final report, reluctant to dig into the roots of domestic extremism taking hold…
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