![]() ![]() This should be something that concerned people look for when trying to make sense of senseless events such as the DC operation. This group was stupid enough to use Zello, an unecrypted voice messager that just so happened to have some of it's messages downloaded and leaked. Trying to normalize the concept of moderation in messaging services makes us no better than China and how they actively change people's messages in private conversations in WeChat to fit a narrative. It would be like trying to go after phone carriers for allowing them to text about they're behavior via SMS However despicable or moronic their actions, the Zello messenger and it's company deserves no backlash. Watkins was a member of a Radiogroup made up of people who were participating in conversation about the Capital operation. Zello is not a platform, you cannot publicly post content to be seen by the service's users at mass. My biggest problem with the Gaurdian's article and most takes on digital platforms is that no one seems to make a differentiation between services and platforms. Many more details at the link for this rather long article. The username of the Zello profile in question, “OhioRegularsActual – Oathkeeper”, matches Watkins’s militia affiliations, referencing the Ohio State Regulars, Oath Keepers, and her role as a militia leader through the inclusion of “Actual” in her virtual “radio callsign”. ![]() Watkins told the Ohio Capital Journal she was the leader of a local militia called the Ohio State Regular and a member of the national Oath Keepers militia. The Zello user who described breaking into the Capitol building appears to be Jessica Watkins, a 38-year-old bartender from Ohio, who admitted to participating in the insurrection. They’re throwing grenades, they’re frickin’ shooting people with paintballs, but we’re in here.” “We are in the main dome right now,” said a female militia member, speaking on Zello, her voice competing with the cacophony of a clash with Capitol police. So, which is it? Was she just there to "marvel at the art" with the others, or did her group have more sinister motives that she is now denying because the mission failed? I think we all know the answer to that.Source: The Guardian Audio and chat logs show insurrectionists communicated via the app, which has avoided proactive content moderation “We have probable cause: treason, acts of treason, election fraud, all kinds of felony crimes, no competent authority,” he said, referencing claims of voter fraud that have been promoted by Donald Trump and other Republican lawmakers but repeatedly debunked by journalists and the courts. “You are executing citizen’s arrest,” said “1% Watchdog”, the creator of the channel, evoking the viral image of a man carrying zip ties in the Senate chamber. ![]() She said she and several other militia members who she entered the complex with saw the invaders marveling at the art and architecture of the Capitol like tourists.Īs she narrated her march toward and into the Capitol, others in the Zello channel cheered on the insurrection and called for the kidnapping of politicians. Watkins dismissed characterizations of the riots as insurrectionist or violent as media spin. ![]()
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