I suspect recent statements about overturning the Constitution, and the lack of response on the part of some, have influenced this announcement. Good to see.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/12/06/politics/january-6-committee-criminal-referrrals/index.html
The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol has decided to make criminal referrals to the Department of Justice, the panel's chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, told reporters Tuesday.
I have a request.
Bad actors will soon figure out - if they haven't already - that setting up impersonations of important organizations now will allow them to set off an explosion of chaos and confusion at a time of their choosing.
So if you run an account for an organization (especially #LGBTQ), please set up link verification between your Mastodon account profile and your organization's website.
If not, please boost.
Instructions are here under "Link Verification":
https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/profile/