Sun, Jan 17 2021

SAN FRANCISCO — Jack Dorsey, Twitter's chief executive, was working remotely on a private island in French Polynesia frequented by celebrities escaping the paparazzi when a phone call interrupted him on Jan. 6. On the line was Vijaya Gadde…

The Washington Post – Elizabeth Dwoskin, Craig Timberg – Jan 16, 9:38 AM

Online misinformation about election fraud plunged 73 percent after several social media sites suspended President Trump and key allies last week, research firm Zignal Labs has found, underscoring the power of tech companies to limit the falsehoods…

Social media companies took a great deal of criticism for their role in enabling the January 6 breach of the Capitol. Now, with Joe Biden's inauguration a few days away, and federal officials warning the risk of more violence is high, they're…

Stefani Reynolds / Getty Images They came prepared for war. Leroy Coffman parked his Red GMC Sierra pickup truck a stone's throw from the US Capitol Building at 9:15 on January 6. Inside the truck, legal document allege, were 11 Molotov cocktails…

In yet another week that felt like a month, the world continues to feel the reverberations of the seditious assault on the US Capitol building on January 6. After platforms like Twitter and Facebook booted Donald Trump last week, Amazon pulled…