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• @realdonaldtrump Donald J. Trump on x

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• @sacca @sacca on x

  You've got blood on your hands, @jack and Zuck. For four years you've rationalized this terror. Inciting violent treason is not a free speech exercise. If you work at those companies, it's on you too. Shut it down.

• @twittersafety @twittersafety on x

  In regard to the ongoing situation in Washington, D.C., we are working proactively to protect the health of the public conversation occurring on the service and will take action on any content that violates the Twitter Rules.

• @realdonaldtrump Donald J. Trump on x

  I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order - respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!

• @alexstamos Alex Stamos on x

  There have been good arguments for private companies to not silence elected officials, but all those arguments are predicated on the protection of constitutional governance. Twitter and Facebook have to cut him off. There are no legitimate equities left and labeling won't do it. …

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  Breaking: Facebook has removed Trump's video from the platform

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  As protestors stormed the Capitol, Facebook employees took to their internal workplace message board to express their fears and ask that Trump be removed from the platform. In response, management shut down threads and prevented them from commenting. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/…

• @karaswisher Kara Swisher on x

  Let me say in no uncertain terms @jack @vijaya @kayvz: If you do not suspend Donald Trump's Twitter account for the next day at least, this mob attack on Congress is also on you. Sorry, but he has incited violence for days, using your tools in large part and you need to act now.

• @elijahschaffer Elijah Schaffer on x

  BREAKING: revolution in process as Trump supporters break into the Capitol building, attacking police, breaking windows, and knocking down doors Full anarchy at this “mostly peaceful” demonstration DC The people have pushed through & are storming to main chambers https://twitter.…

• @moonalice Roger McNamee on x

  Internet platforms — FB, Instagram, Google, YouTube, Twitter, etc. — enabled this. They amplified hate speech, disinformation, and conspiracy theories because it was profitable. They are accessories to the felonies we are seeing on our TVs ... and many others.

• @twittersafety @twittersafety on x

  We are also exploring other escalated enforcement actions and will keep the public updated with any significant developments.

• @vanessid El Norte Recuerda on x

  Reminder fo what capitol “security” in full military-grade riot gear looked like for Black Lives Matter protests this summer. https://twitter.com/...

• @jason_koebler Jason Koebler on x

  this has just gotten much worse https://twitter.com/...

• @jnalv @jnalv on x

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• @oneunderscore__ Ben Collins on x

  As QAnon people descend upon DC, it's been a full month since Q last posted. Q followers have moved onto 8kun administrator Ron Watkins for guidance and “drops,” and he may have been Q all along. Watkins has spent the morning saying the Georgia runoff was rigged by the Italians.

• @sachabaroncohen Sacha Baron Cohen on x

  Hey Mark Zuckerberg, @jack, @SusanWojcicki and @sundarpichai — Donald Trump just incited a violent attack on American democracy. Is that FINALLY enough for you to act?! It's time to ban Donald Trump from your platforms once and for all! https://twitter.com/...

• @levie Aaron Levie on x

  We need to find a way to end the conspiracy theories. The rapid spread of misinformation. The dangerous leaders that got us here and stoke the flames. And the dysfunction in the government. It's the only way forward.

• @willsommer Will Sommer on x

  Notorious Arizona QAnon promoter “Q Shaman” made it to the congressional dais. https://twitter.com/...

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  I am angry, frustrated, and honestly just sad. So I wrote something. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  It took more than four hours for Mark Zuckerberg to say anything to employees. Well before that, the company had orchestrated a statement for sales people to give to worried advertisers. Workers are furious. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...

• @tedcruz Ted Cruz on x

  Those storming the Capitol need to stop NOW. The Constitution protects peaceful protest, but violence—from Left or Right— is ALWAYS wrong. And those engaged in violence are hurting the cause they say they support.

• @abcholmes Alex Holmes on x

  @karaswisher @jack @vijaya @kayvz As member of Twitter's Global Trust and Safety Council agree with this, and it has been raised in past with senior team from many members!

• @davidbegnaud David Begnaud on x

  Twitter confirms to CBS News that it has blocked followers of President Trump from commenting on his most recent post and blocked the ability to retweet his post or like the post. There is the option to quote it and comment on it. https://twitter.com/...

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  Zuckerberg and Facebook won't be able to stem employee sentiment on this one. There is a company-wide Q&A tomorrow. I'll be monitoring. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  Currently on the platforms. Twitter has labelled. Facebook has not. But let's be real, these labels are not adequate. https://twitter.com/...

• @zachstafford Zach Stafford on x

  now THIS is a headline https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...

• @sheeraf Sheera Frenkel on x

  Honestly, going to scream if one more cable pundit says they could not see this coming. PHONE LITERALLY ANY REPORTER COVERING QANON/FAR RIGHT MOVEMENTS.

• @scottygb Scott Bryan on x

  this Twitter disclaimer under Trump's video https://twitter.com/...

• @monicalewinsky Monica Lewinsky on x

  @karaswisher @jack @vijaya @kayvz agree.

• @mmasnick Mike Masnick on x

  Couple days ago Hawley ran to Twitter to whine about a peaceful protest outside of his home with about 15 people, claiming they were antifa terrorists vandalizing his house (none of that was true). Today: silence as the people HE supported literally stormed the Capitol. https://t…

• @oneunderscore__ Ben Collins on x

  The man at the center here is a notorious QAnon supporter, constantly goes to Trump rallies with a Q flag. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @karaswisher Kara Swisher on x

  In addition, @Facebook also needs to act now to calm the situation, which means you @finkd and @sherylsandberg and most of all Joel Kaplan.

• @yamiche Yamiche Alcindor on x

  President Trump continuing to take to Twitter to urge calm amid the chaos created by his disinformation and as news breaks that someone was shot in the chest (!) inside the Capitol. https://twitter.com/...

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  If you want too know how we got here, it's because of folks like this. This individual has met with and expressed his ideas to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Now we have this. https://twitter.com/...

• @ddale8 Daniel Dale on x

  Trump has tweeted a video in which he lies that the “election was stolen from us” and lies that he won in “a landslide,” then tells the mob “but you have to go home now,” then calls the election “fraudulent,” then says we need “peace,” then calls the mob “very special.”

• @alexeheath Alex Heath on x

  Statement from Facebook: “The violent protests in the Capitol today are a disgrace. We prohibit incitement and calls for violence on our platform. We are actively reviewing and removing any content that breaks these rules.”

• @matthewstoller Matt Stoller on x

  Media and tech reform is critical to stopping this downward spiral. Tens of millions are living in a world of lies because of the business model of Fox News (and most cable news) and big tech. We need more localized press. https://twitter.com/...

• @ali @ali on x

  Antifa Agitation!

• @jason_koebler Jason Koebler on x

  I've been watching this stream for two hours https://twitter.com/...

• @vote4robgill Rob Gill on x

  .@Twitter, @Facebook, @jack & Mark Zuckerberg are responsible for what has happened today. Facebook allows these terrorists to recruit and plan violent attacks on democracy under private groups. Twitter allows @realDonaldTrump to spread messages of hate to millions. #DC #MAGA htt…

• @acosta Jim Acosta on x

  Too late for this. Trump needs to tell them to go home. He's not. https://twitter.com/...

• @broderick Ryan Broderick on x

  I had reps from Twitter tell me that the president advocating for a civil war didn't violate their TOS. This year! I don't care what fun widgets they put on his tweets. Their products made this completely frictionless. Just disgusting and embarrassing.

• @mat Mat Honan on x

  This was a foreseeable situation that was years in the making. Executives at both companies should take a hard look in the mirror. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... via @RMac18

• @markdistef Mark Di Stefano on x

  Seconds after being played on CNN, Twitter locks off Trump's message to supporters from being retweeted due to a risk of violence. https://twitter.com/...

• @katestarbird Kate Starbird on x

  What's happening today is surreal. And horrifying. And yet, for researchers studying these online networks and the participatory dynamics of disinformation, there's this strange comfort — everyone else can finally see what we've been seeing... for years.

• @piersmorgan Piers Morgan on x

  Too f*cking late. A woman's been shot in this carnage and it's all on you. This is not reality TV, this is real life. Get on TV now, admit you lost the election, & call off this insanity. And then get out of the White House. https://twitter.com/...

• @juddlegum Judd Legum on x

  Odd behavior for the self-appointed champions of free speech https://twitter.com/...

• @juliacarriew Julia Carrie Wong on x

  political media spent 4 years talking to republican operatives pretending to be working class white people in diners and ignoring the extremist movement that was right under everyone's noses, literally on Facebook, available for all to see. this is qanon. this is what qanon means

• @noupside Renee DiResta on x

  For anyone still wondering whether propaganda and misinformation have an impact. Whether online conspiracy theories matter. If QAnon and related communities were “just some people online”. https://twitter.com/...

• @reckless Nilay Patel on x

  The social platforms are in an impossible situation right now. Here's how they're handling it https://www.theverge.com/...

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  Facebook now has a label. But what's the point? We're 30 mins into rioters storming the US Capitol. https://twitter.com/...

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  One hour ago: “Remain peaceful and rowdy.” https://twitter.com/...

• @tonyromm Tony Romm on x

  About 10 mins after Trump's latest incendiary tweet — as his supporters stormed the Capitol, forcing a lockdown — Twitter added a “disputed” label to it. I've asked the company if it plans any other action, including suspension, given the dire situation. No word.

• @svantemyrick Mayor Svante Myrick on x

  Terrorism and political violence caused by Donald Trump, Fox News, facebook, Republican lawmakers. Name who caused this and hold them accountable - or it will happen again. https://twitter.com/...

• @broderick Ryan Broderick on x

  There are a lot of factors that led to what's happening today, but let's be clear: Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube for years chose profit over our safety and our sanity. The terror and the violence we are seeing right now is because of their absolute cowardice and greed.

• @broderick Ryan Broderick on x

  Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube decimated our journalism industry. They radicalized our friends and family. They gave authoritarians and fascists unlimited access to our attention spans. This is one of Twitter's earliest investors saying Jack Dorsey has blood on his hands. https:/…

• @seungminkim Seung Min Kim on x

  In a video that amplifies all of his baseless lies about the election. Shameful that the White House let this go out. https://twitter.com/...

• @kevinroose Kevin Roose on x

  Not everyone storming the Capitol is QAnon, but make no mistake: this wouldn't have happened without QAnon, the politicians and partisan media figures who cynically embraced it, and the platforms that amplified it for years.

• @inafried Ina Fried on x

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• @sarahnemerson Sarah Emerson on x

  Taken with a grain of salt that labels and prompts do not demonstrably curb abuse, here's Facebook displaying non-related Covid notices in all the Stop the Steal pages where Trump supporters coordinated their assault on the Capitol today https://twitter.com/...

• @kayleighmcenany Kayleigh McEnany on x

  President @realDonaldTrump calls for Capitol protestors to go home in peace. ⬇️ https://twitter.com/...

• @monteiro @monteiro on x

  Members of @twitter's Trust & Safety Council asking @jack to deactivate Trump's account. Why have a Trust & Safety council if you are going to ignore them? https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... via @RMac18

• @senschumer Chuck Schumer on x

  It's a little late for that. Don't you think? https://twitter.com/...

• @karaswisher Kara Swisher on x

  This is about public safety and the safety of those trapped in Congress now. He has no part in calming down the mob he incited — this will be up to the police and the National Guard.

• @danpfeiffer Dan Pfeiffer on x

  This is the America that Fox News, Facebook, and most Republicans in Congress have brought us

• @triketora Tracy Chou on x

  HOW IS HE STILL FUCKING TWEETING @twitter do you think NOW might be a good time to turn off his megaphone for inciting violence? protestors have literally stormed the capitol. what more do you need?? https://twitter.com/...

• @kevinroose Kevin Roose on x

  Between the QAnon people who expected Trump to start announcing mass arrests today and the militia types who have been hyping this up for weeks, there's a chance this turns really ugly. https://twitter.com/...