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Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Lawmakers demand data about online threats against law enforcement

WASHINGTON _ House Oversight Committee leaders are demanding social media companies take "immediate action" to address a flood of violent online threats against law enforcement, following the FBI's search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

The lawmakers sent letters Friday to the executives of eight social media companies, including Facebook parent company Meta and the fringe right-wing platform Gab, demanding details about the number of threats against law enforcement. The letters cite a "spike in social media users calling for civil war" and other violence against law enforcement after Trump and some Republican members of Congress lashed out against the FBI.

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Yeah, keep that in mind next time you leave a comment on a blog about killing feds.
I can guarantee you that this will extend to blogs and different blogging hosts will fall all over themselves to turn over information about people leaving threats, even if they are just venting.