Overview

• Lawmakers set an Oct. 8 full committee hearing and invited Discord’s Humam Sakhnini, Valve’s Gabe Newell, Twitch’s Dan Clancy and Reddit’s Steve Huffman to testify.
• The committee says it will examine the radicalization of online forum users, including instances of open incitement to politically motivated acts.
• FBI Director Kash Patel said agents are investigating participants in a Discord chat tied to suspect Tyler Robinson, and reports indicate Discord provided an apparent confession message to authorities.
• Discord states an internal review found no evidence the attack was planned or promoted on its platform.
• The invitation list does not include larger networks such as Meta or X, sharpening attention on gaming and community services.