January 20, 2021
Facebook has been cleansing its platform of violent content posted and promoted by political groups that purportedly threaten violence. Since November last year, the company claims to have removed 3,400 Pages, 19,500 groups, 120 events, 25,300 Facebook user-profiles, 7500 Instagram accounts and 510 events related to militarised social movements and violence-inducing conspiracy networks, such as QAnon, it said in a blogpost on Wednesday.
Social-media platforms have been on overdrive to weed out QAnon content and content related to political organisations and actors that specifically advocate violence, in the wake of riots and the storming of the United States’ Capitol Building on January 6. In the following days, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube actively began taking down content related to QAnon, the anonymous conspiracy theory entity or ecosystem, and other (alleged) violent political groups.
12 National Guard Troops Removed From Inauguration Over Security
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Securing Washington DC has been a prime focus of Federal Authorities and the Nation s military since the domestic terrorist attack on the United States Capitol Building on January 6th. With the continuing threat looming, extra measures have been put in place to protect the Inauguration of Joe Biden as President of the United States. One of the biggest moves to protect the event was the deployment of 25,000 National Guard members.
When National Guard members arrived in DC, they were subjected to a vetting process by the FBI. A process that was met with objections from some, including Texas Governor Greg Abbot.
Analysis by Josh Campbell, CNN A President who has repeatedly touted himself as pro-law enforcement is now being accused of fueling a growing threat of extremists that has law enforcement.
In the aftermath of Wednesday s siege of the U.S. Capitol, attention is turning to the nation s police: How many sympathized with what happened?
Around the country, police departments are following up on reports of off-duty officers spotted in Washington, D.C. The Seattle Police Department has put two officers on paid leave as their presence in D.C. is investigated. Officers, like anyone else, should be allowed to and
areallowed to attend rallies, says Andrew Myerberg, director of the department s Office of Police Accountability. The question with the rally here, though, is did it go over the line of just being a political rally, to supporting insurrection or supporting a violation of the U.S. Constitution or the laws of a jurisdiction? Myerberg asks.