After the Capitol riots, platforms, archivists, conspiracists, and investigators collide

Some of the entries in our 2021 predictions package proved gloomily prescient this week as a mob stormed the Capitol, incited by Trump’s baseless claims that he won the election.

“A lot of America slipped into conspiracy thinking during this pandemic, and they got there from yoga Instagrams and NFL forums and private church choir Facebook groups that were systematically invaded by QAnon and anti-vax recruiters,” NBC’s Ben Collins had written in his prediction. “It’s going to be a rude awakening in the next few months as we find out...