Lawmakers press Facebook, TikTok, and Truth Social over threats against FBI
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Photo by Brandon Bell / Getty Images Leaders on the House Oversight Committee are demanding major social media platforms swiftly address the surge of online threats against law enforcement after the FBI's search of former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Florida last week.
On Friday, the lawmakers sent letters to eight major social media companies demanding information detailing the number of threats against law enforcement made on their platforms in recent weeks. The committee targeted its inquiries toward prominent mainstream platforms, like Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok, but also wrote to fringe right-leaning competitors like Gab, GETTR, Rumble, and Trump's own Truth Social.
threats and incitements of deadly violence are unacceptable and against the law"
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