MSNBC’s Ryan Reilly: The Problem Is the FBI Isn’t Policing Social Media Aggressively Enough

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REILLY: “It basically has some limits on what exactly the FBI I think most essentially is -- is able to do. And I think that, you know, you have to take a step back and acknowledge what the reality is about how the FBI has been interacting with us. And just look at January 6 itself, for example, right? It's not as though the FBI has been going in and saying, 'Hey, take down this post. He, take down this post.' That's what they're alleging, but there's just not a lot of evidence to support that. And basically, we've had a situation where some politicians are making any contact between social media companies and the FBI or law enforcement seem problematic in some way. And if you look at the reality, it's like, the FBI is not very good at monitoring social media. Look at what happened on January 6. There were all of these warning signs, red flags going up all over the place, and they weren't prepared. They didn't do enough. They did not take proper precautions, or instruct other law enforcement agencies to take proper precautions.”