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Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Social Media Companies After Getting ‘Inadequate Responses’

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The committee subpoenaed Meta, Twitter, Reddit and Google’s parent company.

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The House select committee that’s looking into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol demanded that a slew of social media companies on Thursday fork over records linked to the spread of misinformation and efforts to overturn the 2020 election on their platforms.

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