The Senate Homeland Security Committee has added TikTok to a list of social media companies being scrutinized for their potential involvement in the spread of misinformation related to the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol.
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"In the lead up to the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, domestic extremists reportedly used TikTok to recruit, organize, and communicate," Peters writes to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew."Since January 6th, domestic extremist groups have used TikTok to continue to spread their messages through content supporting white supremacists, extremists, and terrorist organizations."
Since the report, the committee has been sharpening its focus on the role that social media played in the attack, and continues to play in the spread of extremist misinformation. He raises concerns in his letter that TikTok benefits financially from keeping viewers engaged with extremist content,which found that the app directed users who viewed political videos to QAnon and election fraud content.
The House has already taken some interest in TikTok, a Chinese-owned company that features a stream of short videos. The House Select Committee on Jan. 6 has asked social media companies, including TikTok, to turn over any records regarding the attack at the Capitol. The committee asked 15 companies including Facebook, and Twitter, to turn over any"records, including data, reports, analyses, and communications stretching back to Spring of 2020," according to a committee press release.
Facebook has publicly disputed Haugen's claims, pointing to investments in security that the company has made in recent years.
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