Sedition Hunters

Sedition Hunters is an online community of open-source intelligence investigators that are trying to identify the people who took part in the January 6, 2021 United States Capitol attack.[1][2][3][4] They examine still photos and video footage from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), online media sites like Twitter and Parler, video platforms, and other social media and turn their results over to the FBI.[5] The FBI has relied on groups like the Sedition Hunters due to the large number of suspects, estimated at 2,000.[6][7][8][9]

References
  1. "To catch an insurrectionist". Vox. 6 January 2022.
  2. "Online community of so-called "Sedition Hunters" work to identify the January 6 rioters". CBS News.
  3. "Online community of so-called "Sedition Hunters" work to identify the January 6 rioters". Yahoo! News. CBS News. 6 January 2022.
  4. "Online 'sedition hunters' search for remaining US Capitol rioters, new report claims". The Independent. 7 June 2021.
  5. "Amateur sleuths help to identify hundreds of suspected Jan. 6 rioters". NPR.
  6. "The FBI Keeps Using Clues From Volunteer Sleuths To Find The Jan. 6 Capitol Rioters". NPR.
  7. Feuer, Alan (5 January 2022). "Prosecutors Move Quickly on Jan. 6 Cases, but One Big Question Remains". The New York Times.
  8. "Hunt for Capitol attackers still on 6 months after Jan. 6". The Detroit News.
  9. Reilly, Ryan J. (January 5, 2022). "The FBI's Secret Weapon In The Capitol Attack Manhunt". HuffPost. Archived from the original on January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022.


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