The FBI, Social Media and Jan. 6
The attempted insurrection on January 6 is back in the headlines. This week, the House select committee investigating the Capitol riot began its work with its very first hearing. So for our Arbiters of Truth series on our online information environment, Evelyn Douek interviewed Quinta Jurecic about social media\u2019s role in warning of the riot. Specifically, they talked about an essay Quinta wrote in Lawfare on the FBI\u2019s failure to examine social media posts announcing plans to storm the Capitol\u2014and how FBI Director Christopher Wray\u2019s explanations don\u2019t hold water.
So why does Quinta think Wray has been misleading in his answers to Congress on why the FBI didn\u2019t review those posts from soon-to-be-rioters? What about the First Amendment issues raised by the U.S. government refreshing your Twitter feed? What role is social media playing in the Jan. 6 prosecutions\u2014and what does that say about how tech companies should preserve online evidence of wrongdoing, rather than just taking it down?
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