Senate Democrat asks Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for policies on extremist violent content

In his letters, Peter also requested more detailed information about innerworkings of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube feeds, asking for "guidelines and parameters for recommending content.

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Gary Peters has written Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, asking for information about their policies and practices to monitor and remove extremist violent content.

This is the first major public document request from the committee investigating the January 6 insurrection after it released its bipartisan review in early June into the security breakdowns leading to the Capitol riot.

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