Facebook Pressed to Retain Digital Evidence From Capitol Riot
- Senator says records needed to bring perpetrators to justice
- Congress members and staff also asked to retain evidence
Demonstrators attempt to breach the U.S. Capitol building during a protest in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Jan. 6.
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One of Big Tech’s prominent critics in Washington called on telecom and social media companies to preserve digital evidence from this week’s pro-Trump riots on the U.S. Capitol, which left five people dead.
U.S. Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia, wrote to Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg and asked him to “undertake reasonable measures” to retain any content linked to the attacks that may be needed for future legal action.