On social media, amateur digital sleuths try to help track violent Capitol rioters

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Amateur detectives working to identify violent rioters that stormed the U.S. Capitol don't want the process to turn into an online witch hunt.

Why so many military veterans and former and current police officers support — and take part in — far-right groups and protests, including the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.A broad cross section of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, arrests show. Now what?

The account isn’t attempting to do the work of the FBI or other law enforcement, they added. Rather, its purpose is simply to collect useful, credible information and supply it to the appropriate authorities — much as any anonymous tipster might. What the professionals do with that information is up to them. The account operator often spends eight hours each day tracing protesters, sometimes until midnight.

Still, experts in tracking hate groups and extremists caution against the growing trend, and potential dangers, of Americans using social media and other surveillance to publicly target the actions of their fellow citizens. “I wince each time I see a name fly by like, ‘It looks like XYZ of here,’ based on a hunch or guess,” wrote Scott-Railton, who specializes in cybersecurity and online disinformation. “Much more of that, and this will become something you won’t be proud of anymore. Please, if you have that kind of guess, DM, submit to a tip form, email a reporter.”

 

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Patriots should learn from ANTIFA and wear masks obviously. Maybe Patriots could go for some training by the Marxists and Anarchists? Does Soros subsidize that?

And each of them must be punished.

500 people associated with the Civil War were executed for treason.

'Amateur' is disrespectful. They do awesome work, often faster and more accurate than law enforcement (who have better tools)

I’ll make sure to do some digital sleuthing at the next BLM riots

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