The US House of Representatives Control Committee calls

Supervision Committee in the House of Representatives to request The executives of the dispute, Twitch, Reddit, and Steam Games are witnessing on October 8 about the participation of their alleged platforms in any “extremism” via the Internet and “incitement to commit acts of political motives”, according to the messages sent from the House of Representatives Committee to the four executives.

In a statement, Representative James Kumler, Chairman of the Supervision Committee, indicated the killing of Charlie Kerk and “other acts of political motivated violence” as reasons that make Congress “the duty to oversee online platforms that extremists used to promote political violence,” he said.

“To prevent extremism and violence in the future, the executive managers must show the dispute, steam, trembling and Reddit in front of the Supervisory Committee and explain the measures they will take to ensure that their platforms are not exploited for nefarious purposes.”

Techcrunch communicate to the companies that have been called.

Discord Techcrunch was told that he is looking forward to the certificate in October.

“We are dealing with policy makers on these critical issues and we look forward to continuing this important dialogue next month,” said a spokesman.

I replied, and at the same time, Reuters said He was investigating the relationship between her platform and Kirk’s death, saying that she had not yet seen evidence that the suspect of Kirk’s death was an active user in Reddit. The company told the executor that it “has strong policies against hateful content and the content that encourages, encourages, glorifies or calls for violence.”

Kerk was a prominent conservative activist and a close ally of President Trump. The suspect, Tyler Robinson, a resident of the 22 -year -old Utah, was arrested to shoot Kirk and kill him last week while Kirk spoke at the University of Utah Valley in Urim, Utah. Robinson It seems that he confessed To commit the crime in a chat on the dispute shortly before his arrest. The lead used It also seems that she is engraved with mims and references For video games.

This piece has been updated to add a statement from Discord spokesperson.