On 6 January 2021, a mob of right-wing conservatives stormed the USA Capitol Hill interrupting the session of congress certifying 2020 Presidential election results. Immediately after the start of the event, posts related to the riots started to trend on social media. A social media platform which stood out was a free speech endorsing social media platform Parler; it is being claimed as the platform on which the riots were planned and talked about. Our report presents a contrast between the trending content on Parler and Twitter around the time of riots. We collected data from both platforms based on the trending hashtags and draw comparisons based on what are the topics being talked about, who are the people active on the platforms and how organic is the content generated on the two platforms. While the content trending on Twitter had strong resentments towards the event and called for action against rioters and inciters, Parler content had a strong conservative narrative echoing the ideas of voter fraud similar to the attacking mob. We also find a disproportionately high manipulation of traffic on Parler when compared to Twitter.
翻译:2021年1月6日,一群右翼保守派暴徒冲进美国国会山,打断了国会核证2020年总统选举结果的会议。在活动开始后,与骚乱有关的文章开始在社交媒体上呈趋势。一个突出的社交媒体平台是一个支持社交媒体平台Parler的自由言论;它被称作是策划和谈论骚乱的平台。我们的报告显示Parler和Twitter上在暴动期间的趋势性内容的对比。我们从两个平台收集了基于趋势标签的数据,并根据正在讨论的主题进行了比较,即谁是平台上活跃的人,以及这两个平台上产生的内容是如何有机的。尽管推特上的内容趋势对事件强烈不满,呼吁对暴动者和煽动者采取行动,但Parler的内容却有一个强烈保守的叙述,反映了与袭击暴民类似的选民欺诈概念。我们发现,与Twitter相比,Parler的交通操纵率也过高。