Facebook Gives FBI Private Messages Of Users Discussing Capitol Hill Riot

Facebook provides DOJ with data on a user who said he was going to the Capitol for the January 6 … [+] protest with an ex-NYPD officer and some members of the far-right Proud Boys. ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images Despite attempts to play down the use of Facebook amongst Capitol Hill rioters, the social media giant is furnishing the feds with data on users who took part in the siege, including their private messages, after calls from lawmakers to do so.  In a criminal complaint filed against New York resident Christopher M. Kelly on Wednesday, a search warrant on his Facebook account was revealed. Aft… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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