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Livestream of DC Bomb Suspect Pulled Off Facebook Amid Standoff
The Facebook account of a North Carolina man suspected of making bomb threats outside of the U.S. Library of Congress was abruptly suspended on Thursday after the man appeared to go live from his truck.
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Encrypted Chats, Parler Posts Indict Proud Boys Leaders for Capitol Rioting
The FBI has amassed a tranche of social media posts and encrypted text messages implicating four senior members of the Proud Boys in a January 7 plot to storm police barriers at the U.S. Capitol and stop members of Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory.
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FBI Says Far-Right Militia Used Facebook Messenger to Coordinate Attack on Capitol Building
Parler, a veritable breeding ground of far-right extremists, has arguably come under the most fire for its part in the Capitol riots, but let’s not forget that the internet is a big place, and violent radicalisation on the scale we saw on Jan. 6 doesn’t develop in a bubble. Case in point: The Federal Bureau…