[1]Ro Khanna





One year ago, our U.S. Capitol was breached for the first time since the
British set fire to it in 1814.

As our country began to recover from this event, I spent the following
year calling on tech companies to do their part in fixing this.

Social media has an important role to play in stopping the incitement of
violence online before tragedies like this can even happen. Many of these
platforms have allowed conspiracy theories to flourish, with little-to-no
intervention or accountability. Some apps like Parler, a popular
right-wing social network, even helped extremists organize and plan this
riot.

It’s been one year but we
still don’t have all the answers we need from the social media sites where
the riot was planned. We have to get to the bottom of why thousands of
Americans were so riled up that they would want to block the certification
of our free and fair elections. We have to understand how a large mob was
able to plan this attack online without any warning bells going off. And
we need to know what social media companies are doing to make our online
spaces – and our country – safer moving forward.

There has been progress; after we publicly called for it, and thousands of
activists joined me online, Parler was essentially removed from the
internet.

But there is more work to be done in pushing social media to help us stop
dangerous conspiracy theories and radicalization online. As the
Congressman from Silicon Valley, I intend to play an active role in this
work, and I’d love for you to support me.

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I believe we can learn from this past year and we can save lives in the
future if we take smart legislative action to work with social media
companies in curbing this kind of extremism, especially as COVID and
progress continues to push tech further into our lives.

I intend to lead that fight, and I am proud to have so many incredible
activists like you fighting alongside me.

Thank you for your continued support,

Ro Khanna




 


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