Foreign media: promoting violence American social media is hard to blame.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 11th, New Media Specialist According to Reuters’s report on January 8th, when American social media companies took measures against users and organizations that incited the siege of Capitol Hill, and finally blocked the account of US President Trump, their actions were too small and it was too late.
The report pointed out that in the past few weeks, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other technology giant platforms and some emerging marginal social networks have predicted the impact on Capitol Hill that killed five people.
According to the report, the online lobbying group "Voice" found a post on Facebook website with an illustration of Trump standing in front of the White House with a machine gun and the text "Come and occupy it". Another illustration depicts Trump as Uncle Sam with his words: "I hope you will come to Washington, D.C. on January 6th. The scene will be very crazy at that time. "
Some experts who study false information say that platforms allow radical racists, violent enthusiasts and conspiracy theorists to gather a large audience, and online celebrity people know what they can gain from it.
The report also said that Alex Stamos, the former chief security officer of Facebook and the current head of the false information disclosure project at Stanford University, said: "What you finally see is that the content on mainstream social media platforms has been seriously diluted, and other platforms are full of more radical content."
Stamos said, "It is difficult to assert that there is something wrong with mainstream content, because it is all about ‘ Come to the rally ’ . ‘ Get ready for a fight ’ It is the content on the websites of 8Kun and Paler, and the content that incites the implementation of the action is in ‘ Telegraph ’ On the software. "
On Wednesday, local time, a tweet turned "My fellow Americans, a storm is coming" sent by anonymous Q organization three years ago into a call to action. This tweet was forwarded 16,000 times.
According to the report, before Facebook closed the page of "Red State Separation" organization on Tuesday night local time, the organization had been urging nearly 8,000 fans to find the home address of officials who "helped steal the election victory".
Jared Holt, a false information researcher at the Atlantic Council, said that the far-right groups that appeared at the scene of the riots were very active on platforms such as Paler, Chat, MeWe, Zello and Telegraph, and sometimes they discussed using crowd tactics to enter the Capitol.