Eventbrite Missed Warnings About Armed Trump Fans
Samuel Corum/Getty Images A pro-Trump mob storms the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. A group monitoring extremists flagged the listing from Ben Philips, who later died at the Capitol riot, but Eventbrite took no action. Even after being flagged on ticketing platform Eventbrite for encouraging passengers to bring concealed weapons to Washington D.C., a Pennsylvania man who organized a caravan to the Jan. 6 rally — and died during the riot on Capitol Hill — was allowed to continue selling tickets through the service, new reportin...