House oversite committee Is requested that According to letters sent to four tech CEOs from the House Committee, the CEOs of discord, twitch, redit and gaming platform Steam on October 8, allegedly participate in their platforms and “provocative to commit a politically motivated acts” on 8 October.
In a statement, the Chairman of the Oversite Committee, Rape James Comer, mentioned the murder of Charlie Kirk and “other acts of politically inspired violence”, as the Congress has a duty to take care of the online platforms that the radicals have used to carry forward political violence, “he said.
“To prevent future fundamentalism and violence, the CEO of discord, steam, twitch, and Redit must appear before the Oversite Committee and explain what action they will not take their platforms to exploit their platforms for nefarious objectives.”
Strings Told Reuters It was eager to testify in October, while Redit said he was investigating the link between his platform and the death of Kirk. (Techcrunch has also been called to companies.)
Kirk was a prominent conservative activist and a close aide of President Trump. Tyler Robinson shot and killed Kirk last week, while Kirk spoke at an event in Utah. Robinson Allegedly confessed Shortly before his arrest, committing a crime in a chat on Discord. Bullet Robinson used It was clearly engraved with memes and references For video games.
