In this video by a Parler user, Alex Jones can be heard telling demonstrators marching towards the Capitol that Trump is also en route to other side of the Capitol. Someone screams, "Storm the Capitol!" projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol…
"Trump's speech is over... it went over all the voter fraud, I am very concerned about Mike Pence.... did not love the way the President talked about that, we're walking over to the Capitol right now, maybe we'll break down the doors." projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol…
Alex Jones again: "Tell everyone you know- go to the other side of the Capitol, that is where Trump is going to be." projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol…
Alex Jones here telling people "we don't want a Kent State" here, again urging people to go to other side of the Capitol where he believes Trump will meet him. projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol…
"Can I speak to Pelosi? Yeah, we're coming B*tch! Oh, Mike Pence? We're coming for you too, f*cking traitor!" FREEDOM! projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol…
So dumb.
"I don't want to say that what we're doing is right, but if the election is being stolen, what is it going to take? Really. Is it going to take people just talking about it? I'm probably going to lose my job as a pastor after this." projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol…
On Pence: "He validated Electoral votes he knew to be completely and utterly fraudulent... I hope he is put unto the firing squad... Where is Pence? Where is Pence? Bring him out!" projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol…
"Make sure if you ever take over the capitol or any other big place, make sure you bring a shield. You can't get this anywhere except out of a cop's hands." projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol…
So many terrifying moments depicted in the videos the January 6th Parler dataset. Struck in particular by the invective in this one against @senatemajldr McConnell- in addition to Nancy Pelosi- in this scene, where insurrectionists are attempting push past police in riot gear.
In this video, I believe of the same standoff, protestors are seen teargassing the police.
In this video, a protestor is heard yelling again and again "we were invited here"... "We were invited here by the President of the United States!"
1/ I believe I am in total alignment with @EthanZ on this issue. As I've discussed in most detail with @emilybell, many of us working on tech and media issues, especially disinfo, spend our time looking at the workings of.... tech and media. This obscures the real problem...
2/ It is not so much that there is disinformation layered on top of the information ecosystem that is perverting democratic systems and hurting society. There is disinformation UNDER the information ecosystem itself. Many of our core ideas are in fact... disinformation.
3/ These include ideas about how our economy works, how power works, what democratic societies (here and now) are for and about, and of course issues of race, gender, sexuality. Disinformation is the medium- it is not a virus in the petri dish, it is the dish.
'The ragged camps of far-right groups and white nationalists emboldened under Trump have long nursed an overlapping list of hatreds and goals. But now they have been galvanized by the outgoing president’s false claims that the election was stolen...' nytimes.com/2021/01/16/us/…
Here is @selectedwisdom doing a "Bill Nye the Science Guy" style segment but for extremists.... a nice little primer on why things have accelerated.
We will be unpacking the role that conspiracies, disinformation, and the use of social media platforms to organize played in both impeachments of Donald J. Trump for years.
Impeachment 1: Donald Trump attempts to use the power of the state to force another government to help him make a bundle of conspiracy theories his supporters have embraced- including an alternative origin story to the Russia investigation- true.
Impeachment 2: Donald Trump incites a violent mob to attack the Capitol to try to make a bundle of conspiracy theories- including an alternate reality about the rightful outcome of the 2020 election- true.
1/ The past 48 hours may come to be known as The Great Cancellation of 2021, as Silicon Valley companies remove or limit Trump’s access to a host of services following the violent insurrection against democracy he incited on Capitol Hill. techpolicy.press/the-great-canc…
2/ Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit Twitch, Apple, Discord, and even Shopify are among the platforms banning or restricting access to the President's accounts. techpolicy.press/the-great-canc…
3/ Reddit banned the subreddit forum r/DonaldTrump, as @sarafischer reported, “one of the company’s largest political communities dedicated to support for President Trump.” Twitch also disabled Trump’s channel following the insurrection. techpolicy.press/the-great-canc…
One thing I am thinking about tonight as we see this insurrectionist violence- stoked and coordinated and amplified on social media- is the absurd, fawning coverage of Mark Zuckerberg $400 million gift for election security before the election. npr.org/2020/12/08/943…
I've already shared my thoughts on this. Nothing these two could do will ever make up for the damage Facebook has done to our democracy- allowing conspiracists and hate groups to fester and grow for years.