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Statements from leading experts in law, academia, and other research organizations that contributed to the January 6th House Select Committee's work on extremism and social media.
Latent forces in American politics are being released by the historic criminal conviction of Donald Trump. They range from the mundane to the menacing to fears of something more malevolent. Political-violence researchers are worried.
Collective punishment won’t defeat Hamas.
Social media users are sharing an image that appears to show a police officer smiling as he sprays a Donald Trump supporter outside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, stoking conspiracy theories blaming the attack on federal agents. But the picture is altered; the cop is not smiling in the original AFP photo.
In the latest rash of conspiracy theories about the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, social media users are claiming a video of two black-clad men attempting to bash in a window shows anti-fascist activists leading the charge . This is false; the two rioters have been charged in the assault, and there is no evidence they have ties to Antifa.