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This site posted every face from Parler’s Capitol Hill insurrection videos

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Wired) When hackers exploited a bug in Parler to download all of the right-wing social media platform’s contents last week, they were surprised to find that many of the pictures and videos contained geolocation metadata revealing exactly how many of the site’s users had taken part in the invasion of […]

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The local politics of AirBNB’s ban on DC rentals

Enlarge / Airbnb said it will refund guests who had booked stays in Washington next week and reimburse hosts for lost income. (credit: Bonnie Jo Mount | Washington Post | Getty Images) On January 9—three days after supporters of President Trump started a riot at the US Capitol—Sean Evans decided it was time for action. […]

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Insurrectionists’ social media presence gives feds an easy way to ID them

Enlarge / The seditionists who broke into the US Capitol on Wednesday were not particularly subtle and did not put any particular effort into avoiding being identified. (credit: Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images) Law enforcement agencies trying to track down insurrectionists who participated in yesterday’s events at the US Capitol have a wide […]