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The january 6th rally was prechd very much planned on facebook. the stop the steal groups had millions of members within 24 hours. like the facebook is a really good place to mobilize extremists thats what they did on january 6th. they havent done such a good job at this rally. because facebook doesnt change much about the way people do things on the platform were likely to see another event in the vurt. >> you and ben collins reported how there is a lot of paranoia online on some of the sites p...

Right now capitol hill is bracing for a far-right rally, supporting the pro-trump violent mob that stormed the seat of democracy eight months ago. we dont know what this rally is going to look like. but we know that the driving force behind it is a toxic stew of lies, dangerous lies, spreading across social media like wildfire among the followers of the twice-impeached expresident. the toxic screw is getting extra scrutiny as let "wall street journal" unleashed a devasating series of stories bas...

Were back with roger mcnamee, author of zucked. and also the reporter who covers online misinformation. brandy, we were talking about the massive investigation into facebook. and one of the headlines is that facebook knows instagram is toxic for teen girls company documents show. they knew it, they didnt do anything about it, question, why didnt they do anything about it and are they going to do anything about it now, now that they have been shamed and exposed in this way? >> yeah, the thing abo...

Be federalized. that would include felony accounts against executives. so thatis important. secondly, what they to not prevent drug cartels in human trafficking despite lots of pleas from activists, they aided and an betsed that. brandys over work showed had there were 3 million members of qanon on facebook in the summer of 2020 and facebooks research said that two-thirds of the time they join extremist groups it is because of facebook recommendation. so that means that facebook radicalized abou...

Have anticipated this. but i did not. the period when i was involved from 2006 to 2009 facebook was literally just getting rolling. they were just beginning to introduce news feed. there were really -- only things they had within any viralty were the like button and photo sharing. and, you know, the business model that created all the trouble really came into play in 2013. and the issue that i think brandy is pointing to which is so important, is this facebook business is about getting our atten...

This event is actually just planned by this guy, his name is matt brainard, he works for this organization he founded called look ahead america. and, you know, hes a former trump campaign operative. hes sort of a c list player who jumps from maga cause to maga cause. he raised $650,000 last year to investigate the stolen election. so this is a money-making enterprise and it is important to remember that. and all of this media attention really helps him to do just that. >> so, brandy, former pres...

Hospitals. childrens hospitals. with people protesting against the vaccine, were seeing it at school boards with proud boys and extremists, people without children who are coming to these school boards, because it is a flashpoint for the current cultural war right now against so-called critical race theory. we are seeing these groups. the fact there is a, you know, gate around the capitol right now is a sad, you know, reality of the environment that we live in, where we have to be vigilant. >> h...

Once we clear tomorrow and hopefully clear it without any violence, is there other dates on the horizon that law enforcement is concerned about that have taken hold in the conspiracy theory land, where that fear could lead to violence? >> there is not a -- i have a friend. apologies. there is no particular date that were looking for necessarily, but you have -- you get the gist of it. were always moving the goal posts here, right? so right now there is not a specific date that were looking to. b...

The police, law enforcement not taking anything for granted. they put up the fence, they dont want to be caught off guard as they were on january 6th. but importantly, donald trump is coming out and perpetuating and giving new life and new energy to everything that drives these groups that had planned to come to washington tomorrow. saying things like, you know, theyre being persecuted, the people from january 6th are being persecuted unfairly, saying theyre the real victims on january 6th and i...

Two tiered system of justice. in the end, however, he wrote, justice will prevail. didnt specifically mention tomorrows far right rally in the statement, but as we said, in an interview with the federalists, he described the rally as a setup. said the media would use it as an excuse to bash republicans. so what is the next plan here, brandy? you monitor this stuff so quickly. obviously capitol police, washington is much better prepared tomorrow than they were on january 6th. and that might deter...