After pro-Trump rioters disputing the results of the 2020 presidential election rioted at Capitol Hill in the early days of 2021, multiple news outlets and Silicon Valley megacorporations blamed the pro-free speech social media app Parler as the gathering point for right wing extremists.
Thursday, February 11, 2021
Facebook, not Parler, played the largest role in the Capitol Hill riot, new documents show
New data from the American Department of Justice shows that despite the media and big tech campaign against Parler, it was Facebook which served as the top rallying point for those storming the Capitol Building on Jan 6, Forbes reports.
