Facebook, Twitter could face punishing regulation for their role in U.S. Capitol riot, Democrats say

Facebook, Google and Twitter are staring down the prospect of harsh new regulations in Washington, as politically ascendant Democrats in Congress pledge to take fresh aim at Silicon Valley for its role in stoking the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol this week.

The violent mob that stormed the House and Senate, leaving the two chambers in lockdown, has emboldened party lawmakers who say that social media sites failed to heed their repeated warnings — and then did too little, too late, in response to President Trump and his incendiary online rhetoric. Trump on Friday resumed tweeting, praising his supporters as “great American patriots" and pledging they would not be “disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!”