A day after issuing subpoenas for a massive trove of documents from several federal agencies, including the White House, the House Select Committee investigating the 6 January attack on the US Capitol has demanded records from 15 social media companies.

       The requests call for documents “related to the spread of misinformation, efforts to overturn the 2020 election or prevent the certification of the results, domestic violent extremism, and foreign influence in the 2020 election” across their platforms.

       Letters were sent to far-right hubs 4chan, 8kun, Gab, Parler, Telegram and theDonald.win, as well as Facebook, Google, Snapchat, Tik-Tok, Twitter, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and Zello.

       The committee imposed a two-week deadline for information.

       Letters request internal reports on mis- and disinformation on their respective platforms related to the 2020 presidential election, as well as efforts to overturn or interfere with the certification of votes, the presence of QAnon groups and violent extremists on their platforms, and “foreign malign influence” to influence elections.

       The committee also requests “all accounts, users, groups, events, messaging forums, marketplaces, posts, or other user-generated content that was sanctioned, suspended, removed, throttled, deprioritized, labeled, suppressed, or banned” for their connection to those efforts.

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