Just hours after rioters were removed from the Capitol on Wednesday, there were already discussions about what would happen next on Parler and Gab, another social media platform that became popular among the right.
There is from mr. Trump expects to take his megaphone to the platforms, and tens of thousands have joined the sites, expecting to land there. But Monday night, Parler was mostly not on the right track. Gab has also become largely unusable, as a flood of new users and downloads appears to be crushing the site, making it impossible to search or post new items.
Some groups have moved to smaller sites, such as MeWe and CloutHub, as well as sideboards.
“There’s a massive exodus going on, and we’re really seeing people spread across different sites while looking for a home,” Argentino said. “Different groups settled in different places.”
On Telegram, where members of the Proud Boys and other militia groups offer popular channels, there is a call on people on Saturday (January 16) to organize marches to the capital buildings. On one Telegram channel, with more than 20,000 followers, addresses for the buildings were posted, as well as the addresses for technology companies, including Facebook, Twitter, Apple and Google.
Members of the Boogaloo movement, another far-right group, also arranged for Telegram and Signal on Sunday (January 17). On 4chan and other message groups, kites were posted calling for a new march to Washington, DC, on January 20th. In comments under these posts, people expressed their support for the direction of various news organizations such as The New York Times and CNN.
Andrew Torba, CEO of Gab, said: “As we have communicated to our law enforcement partners, we have taken an increased security position in the run-up to the inauguration and are ready to respond quickly to any request that law enforcement may make. do of us during the period. ”