House Oversight Chairman James Comer on Monday released a schedule for interviews with the general counsels of multiple online forums regarding an alleged surge in online radicalization.
The House panel is expected to interview lawyers for Discord, Reddit, Steam and Twitch about the alleged increase in online radicalization. Comer initially planned to have the CEOs of the companies testify in a hearing, but the format has changed because of the government shutdown and interviews will be conducted instead.Â
The general counsel for Steam will go first on Nov. 4, followed by Discord on Nov. 12, Reddit on Nov. 18 and Twitch on Nov. 20.
“In light of the Democrat government shutdown, the House Oversight Committee is moving forward with our investigation into the online radicalization of forum users by conducting transcribed interviews with representatives from Discord, Reddit, Steam and Twitch,” Comer said.Â
“In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk and other acts of politically motivated violence, Congress has a duty to oversee the online platforms that extremists have used to promote violence,” he continued. “We look forward to hearing from these companies about the actions they are taking to ensure their platforms are not exploited for nefarious purposes.”
Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.
