Social Media Must Face Spike In Online Threats

Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger suggested Friday that social media companies should be more proactive about violent threats made online. The Illinois lawmaker, who is one of two Republicans on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, said during an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper that the country needs to “come to a conclusion about what social media is and isn’t responsible for. For.” “I’m pro-First Amendment,” he said. “What I’m not in favor of is promoting riot-type, violent-type speech being broadcast in these media that can lead to a really destabilized situation.” His comments came hours after lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee sent letters to the executives of eight social media companies, demanding they take action against the “increase in online threats against police officers” since the FBI investigated Donald Trump’s March. -a-Lago home on August 8. A letter was sent to executives at Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Truth Social, Rumble, Gettr, Telegram and Gab. “We are concerned that reckless statements by the former President and Republican members of Congress have unleashed a flood of violent threats on social media that have already resulted in at least one death and put law enforcement officers across the United States at risk,” Carolyn Maloney and Rep. Stephen Lynch, the chairs of the Oversight Committee, wrote. “We urge you to take immediate action to address any threats of violence against law enforcement that appear on your company’s platforms.” An armed man was shot dead by police last week after an hours-long standoff at an FBI office in Cincinnati, Ohio, two days after the Mar-a-Lago raid. Authorities said the suspect tried to break into the FBI office. Kinzinger also took a swipe at elderly social media users who flaunt their guns and claim to be “hunting the government” or the FBI. “It’s all over TikTok,” he said. “It’s always amazing to me to see these 50, 60-year-old men on TikTok.” “But these are the kinds of things we need to discuss – as this is no longer allowed in this country,” he continued.

title: “Social Media Must Face Spike In Online Threats Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-29” author: “Tiffany Moore”

Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger suggested Friday that social media companies should be more proactive about violent threats made online. The Illinois lawmaker, who is one of two Republicans on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, said during an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper that the country needs to “come to a conclusion about what social media is and isn’t responsible for. For.” “I’m pro-First Amendment,” he said. “What I’m not in favor of is promoting riot-type, violent-type speech being broadcast in these media that can lead to a really destabilized situation.” His comments came hours after lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee sent letters to the executives of eight social media companies, demanding they take action against the “increase in online threats against police officers” since the FBI investigated Donald Trump’s March. -a-Lago home on August 8. A letter was sent to executives at Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Truth Social, Rumble, Gettr, Telegram and Gab. “We are concerned that reckless statements by the former President and Republican members of Congress have unleashed a flood of violent threats on social media that have already resulted in at least one death and put law enforcement officers across the United States at risk,” Carolyn Maloney and Rep. Stephen Lynch, the chairs of the Oversight Committee, wrote. “We urge you to take immediate action to address any threats of violence against law enforcement that appear on your company’s platforms.” An armed man was shot dead by police last week after an hours-long standoff at an FBI office in Cincinnati, Ohio, two days after the Mar-a-Lago raid. Authorities said the suspect tried to break into the FBI office. Kinzinger also took a swipe at elderly social media users who flaunt their guns and claim to be “hunting the government” or the FBI. “It’s all over TikTok,” he said. “It’s always amazing to me to see these 50, 60-year-old men on TikTok.” “But these are the kinds of things we need to discuss – as this is no longer allowed in this country,” he continued.

title: “Social Media Must Face Spike In Online Threats Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-12” author: “Bonnie Clement”

Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger suggested Friday that social media companies should be more proactive about violent threats made online. The Illinois lawmaker, who is one of two Republicans on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, said during an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper that the country needs to “come to a conclusion about what social media is and isn’t responsible for. For.” “I’m pro-First Amendment,” he said. “What I’m not in favor of is promoting riot-type, violent-type speech being broadcast in these media that can lead to a really destabilized situation.” His comments came hours after lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee sent letters to the executives of eight social media companies, demanding they take action against the “increase in online threats against police officers” since the FBI investigated Donald Trump’s March. -a-Lago home on August 8. A letter was sent to executives at Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Truth Social, Rumble, Gettr, Telegram and Gab. “We are concerned that reckless statements by the former President and Republican members of Congress have unleashed a flood of violent threats on social media that have already resulted in at least one death and put law enforcement officers across the United States at risk,” Carolyn Maloney and Rep. Stephen Lynch, the chairs of the Oversight Committee, wrote. “We urge you to take immediate action to address any threats of violence against law enforcement that appear on your company’s platforms.” An armed man was shot dead by police last week after an hours-long standoff at an FBI office in Cincinnati, Ohio, two days after the Mar-a-Lago raid. Authorities said the suspect tried to break into the FBI office. Kinzinger also took a swipe at elderly social media users who flaunt their guns and claim to be “hunting the government” or the FBI. “It’s all over TikTok,” he said. “It’s always amazing to me to see these 50, 60-year-old men on TikTok.” “But these are the kinds of things we need to discuss – as this is no longer allowed in this country,” he continued.

title: “Social Media Must Face Spike In Online Threats Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-11” author: “Donald Schexnayder”

Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger suggested Friday that social media companies should be more proactive about violent threats made online. The Illinois lawmaker, who is one of two Republicans on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, said during an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper that the country needs to “come to a conclusion about what social media is and isn’t responsible for. For.” “I’m pro-First Amendment,” he said. “What I’m not in favor of is promoting riot-type, violent-type speech being broadcast in these media that can lead to a really destabilized situation.” His comments came hours after lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee sent letters to the executives of eight social media companies, demanding they take action against the “increase in online threats against police officers” since the FBI investigated Donald Trump’s March. -a-Lago home on August 8. A letter was sent to executives at Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Truth Social, Rumble, Gettr, Telegram and Gab. “We are concerned that reckless statements by the former President and Republican members of Congress have unleashed a flood of violent threats on social media that have already resulted in at least one death and put law enforcement officers across the United States at risk,” Carolyn Maloney and Rep. Stephen Lynch, the chairs of the Oversight Committee, wrote. “We urge you to take immediate action to address any threats of violence against law enforcement that appear on your company’s platforms.” An armed man was shot dead by police last week after an hours-long standoff at an FBI office in Cincinnati, Ohio, two days after the Mar-a-Lago raid. Authorities said the suspect tried to break into the FBI office. Kinzinger also took a swipe at elderly social media users who flaunt their guns and claim to be “hunting the government” or the FBI. “It’s all over TikTok,” he said. “It’s always amazing to me to see these 50, 60-year-old men on TikTok.” “But these are the kinds of things we need to discuss – as this is no longer allowed in this country,” he continued.