Capitol Riot panel widens net in seeking Facebook, Twitter data

Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc., and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are among 15 companies and social platforms being asked by a House committee to turn over records of postings, videos and other material promoting the overturn of the 2020 election or events leading up to the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Letters sent out Friday by the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 violence also seek any and all internal reviews, data and communications about such posts or information appearing on their sites relating to the 2020 election, and efforts to overturn those results by domestic violent extremists or foreign actors.

The information also is being sought from Google video site YouTube, Zello, Tik-Tok, Reddit, Snap Inc., 4chan, the Donald.win, Gab, 8kun, Parler, Telegram and Amazon.com’s Twitch streaming platform.