Last Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the Facebook I told Reuters that the social network is seeing a spike in activity among pro-Trump users as Biden's inauguration approaches. Additionally, these posts from Trump supporters have been featuring increasingly violent language.

The far-right mobilization appears to have been triggered by Capitol invasion in the US six days ago, in which five people, including a police officer, were killed. According to the spokeswoman, pro-Trump Facebook users are organizing protests across the country for days before and after Joe Biden's inauguration, which will take place on January 20. Facebook is tracking posts promoting these events, and some of them encourage people to bring their weapons to the demonstrations. Such posts often contain symbols of militias and hate groups.

The Facebook source, who asked to remain anonymous, said communications between the platform and US authorities, including the FBI, have increased significantly since the Capitol incident. But even before that, Trump supporters were organizing, largely publicly, on Facebook for the invasion of Washington, according to researchers.

Finally, after the chaos at the Capitol, the top names in Big Tech have begun to act to stop the spread of disinformation about the US election. Twitter banned Donald Trump of your platform definitely, the YouTube blocked the president's channel yesterday, and major app stores removed the far-right social network Speak from their websites.

The spokeswoman added that Facebook banned content with the phrase “stop the steal,” used by Trump supporters who still believe the election was fraudulent, on Monday. Searches for “storm the Capitol” are also being monitored.

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