Parler Says It Informed FBI Over 50 Times About Violent Content Before US Capitol Breach

Parler Says It Informed FBI Over 50 Times About Violent Content Before US Capitol Breach
The Parler social media website is displayed on a cell phone in New York City on March 5, 2021. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
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Social media platform Parler said it had referred violent content from its platform to the FBI ahead of the breach at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Parler made the disclosure in a letter to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, in response to the panel’s request for documents. The company said that it had referred “violent content and incitement” from its platform to the FBI over 50 times before Jan. 6. It also warned the bureau about “specific threats of violence being planned” about the Jan. 6 incident.