Subpoenas are an escalation in the committee’s efforts for answers as companies ignored information requests
The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol has ordered several social media firms to hand over data relating to the attack, a significant step toward transparency that could have broader privacy implications.
The committee on Thursday subpoenaed Twitter, Meta, Alphabet and Reddit for private messages exchanged on the platforms about the attack as well as information regarding moderation policies that allowed communities to remain online even as they incited violence in early 2021.
An earlier version of this story inaccurately stated that the committee’s letter stated there was discussion or planning of the riot on a r/The_Donald. This article has been amended to reflect that the group was banned from Reddit and migrated to another platform.
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