Social media should address the spike in online threats.

• Rep. Adam Kinzinger condemned the violent rhetoric online following the Mar-a-Lago raid.
• Kinzinger suggested that social media companies should do more to stop promoting violence.
• The House Oversight Committee on Friday sent a letter to social media companies on online threats.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Republican, suggested on Friday that social media companies need to be more vigilant about threats of violence online.

The Illinois congressman, one of two Republicans on the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, said in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper that the country “must come to a conclusion about what social media is and is not responsible for.” for”

“I’m all for the First Amendment,” he said. “What I don’t want is the kind of violence, the kind of violence that is being spread, that is being broadcast through these media, and that can lead to instability.”

His comments came after lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee sent a letter to executives of eight social media companies asking the FBI to take action against “online threats against law enforcement officers” after Donald Trump’s March inauguration. -a-Lago House on August 8.

A letter has been sent to executives at Meta, Facebook’s parent company, Twitter, TikTok, Truth Social, Rumble, Getter, Telegram and Gab.

“We are concerned that reckless statements by the former president and Republican members of Congress have led to threats of force on social media that have resulted in at least one death and endanger law enforcement officers across the United States,” wrote Carolyn Maloney, chair of the Oversight Committee, and Representative Stephen Lynch. “We urge you to take immediate action to avoid law enforcement attacks on your company’s platforms.”

Two days after the Mar-a-Lago raid, a gunman was shot and killed by police last week after he spent hours at an FBI office in Cincinnati, Ohio. Authorities say the suspect tried to break into an FBI office.

Kinzinger also took a swipe at older social media users who show off their guns and say they “go after the government” or the FBI.

“It’s all on Tik Tok,” he said. “I’m always surprised to see these 50- and 60-year-olds on TikTok.”

“But these are the kinds of things we need to discuss – they can no longer be allowed in this country,” he continued.