US Capitol siege: Plans were circulating on social media for weeks - Business Insider

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Plans to storm the Capitol were circulating on social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, and Parler, for days before the siege

, breaking into the building and ransacking offices, claiming that December's election was stolen from President Donald Trump.

Mac noted that the group listed links to similar groups in its bio, and that Facebook automatically suggested more. Advance Democracy also told BuzzFeed that QAnon-related accounts on Twitter were full of references to January 6, and that it found roughly 20,800 accounts mentioning the date.refers to a collection of online conspiracy theories that maintain Trump is a heroic figure fighting against the "deep state."

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For comparison, a bunch of dickheads said they were going to naruto-run into Area 51 and the *military* was mobilized. Then, an actual insurgent uprising takes place and they're all busy sitting on their hands?

Funny I didn't see any.

Why would they want to stop this? Do you realize how much money they made yesterday from all of the clicks and engagement? Media tyrants are fueling the fire for money and power. Wake up everyone. Enough is enough.

SAI Can’t forget tiktok_us Trump supporters posting videos hyping people up for “January 6th”

.FBIWFO you failed

High time for regulations on social media. For now they are the new wild west lawless frontier were anything goes. That should stop!

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