US House committee summons CEOs of Discord, Twitch, Reddit to testify on online radicalization

House Overseas Committee Requested that According to a letter sent by the four -tech CEO to the House Committee, the CEO of Disscord, Twitch, Reddit and Gaming Platform Steam has been accused of being involved in any online “radicalization” of their platforms and “provocative for politically inspired”.

In a statement, the chairman of the Overseas Committee RAP. James Kamar mentions Charlie Cort’s murder and “other activities of politically inspired violence” because the Congress has the responsibility of overseeing the online platforms that radicals have used to achieve the progress of political violence. ”

“In order to prevent future radicalization and violence, the CEOs of Discords, Steam, Twitch and Reddit must appear in front of the monitoring committee and their platforms should be explained to ensure that they will not be absorbed for hate purposes.”

TechCrunch has reached the company called.

Discord told TechCrunch that it was waiting to testify in October.

“We are constantly involved with policymakers on these critical issues and are hoping to continue this important conversation next month,” a spokesman said.

Reddit, already, Told Reuters It was investigating the link between its platform and the death of Kirk.

Carc was a prominent conservative activist and a close ally of President Trump. Tyler Robinson shot Kerk last week and spoke at an event at Kirk Utah. Robinson Have been reported to be confessed Shortly before his arrest, committing a crime on Discord. Robinson has used bullets Was obviously engraved with mems and references In video games.

This piece was updated to add a statement to the spokesperson of the Discord.