If House Is Looking Into Parler For Hateful Posts, Why Aren't They Looking Into Facebook, Twitter?

Written By BlabberBuzz | Tuesday, 26 January 2021 11:00 PM
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If House Is Looking Into Parler For Hateful Posts, Why Aren't They Looking Into Facebook, Twitter?

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee said any possible FBI probe into the "role" Parler played in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot "should include" Facebook and Twitter, calling the recent request for an FBI inquiry from committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney "evidence" of the "growing alliance between Big Tech and Democrats."

Committee Ranking Member James Comer, R-Ky., and GOP Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., wrote a letter to Maloney, D-N.Y., on Monday after she called the FBI to investigate Parler’s "role" as a "potential facilitator" of preparing or inciting the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

"Like you, we were disturbed and angered by the riot and we believe those responsible should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," they noted. "But casting blame on a single social media company known for its conservative username while simply ignoring other social media companies known for sympathizing with liberal causes is blatantly and overtly partisan."

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They continued: "Moreover, your letter is additional evidence of the growing alliance between Big Tech and Democrats to muzzle certain viewpoints, opinions, and perspectives."

Comer and Steube said Maloney’s allegation that Parler was a "potential facilitator" of planning for the Capitol chaos "completely omits the fact that other social media platforms were also facilitators of the January 6 riot."

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"A cursory search of other social media platforms yields identical, disturbing posts, from across the political spectrum, advocating for a wide swathe of positions, demonizing an equally diverse group of people," they wrote, referring to posts found on Facebook and Twitter The GOP congressmen went on to grill Big Tech companies, alleging Facebook and Twitter "appear to have profited off of the January 6 riot," repeating commentary suggesting "political turmoil drives increased engagement" on social media platforms.

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"Rather than limiting its investigation to Parler, then, perhaps the Committee should include Facebook and other social media companies in its request for an investigation into the antecedents of the January 6 Capitol riot," they wrote.

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Comer and Steube added: "Of course, doing so may upset Big Tech, which in turn could turn off the spigot of campaign contributions to Democrats."

The Republicans steered to Big Tech donations to Democratic candidates during the 2020 election cycle.

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"During the 2020 election cycle Facebook employees contributed over $5 million in federal elections—92.79% of which went to Democrats," they said, citing Open Secrets. "Twitter employees were even more generous to Democrats, with 98.41% of all federal contributions in the 2020 cycle going to Democrats."

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"While Facebook, Twitter, and Parler seem to all share blame in allowing their platforms to be used to plan for the January 6 riot, one main difference between the three platforms is that Parler is the only one that hasn’t given generously to the Democrats," they added.

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