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Parler Worked With FBI To Target Threats Prior To Capitol Riot, Company Says

An individual from the FBI at one point thanked the social media platform for its efforts.

Mairead Elordi
Parler Worked With FBI To Target Threats Prior To Capitol Riot, Company Says
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Parler, the social media platform popular with right-wing users, worked with the FBI to target accounts suspected of encouraging violence prior to the January riot at the Capitol, making more than 50 referrals leading up to the violence, the company said Thursday.

In a letter to House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Parler accused “Big Tech” of waging a “coordinated and widespread disinformation campaign” against the platform intended to “scapegoat” it for the deadly riot.

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