“Looking ahead, we are concerned that Zello could be misused by groups who have threatened to organize additional potentially violent protests and disrupt the US presidential inauguration festivities on January 20 th,” it added. “It is with deep sadness and anger that we have discovered evidence of Zello being misused by some individuals while storming the United States Capitol building last week,” Zello wrote in a blog post, according to The Guardian. Shortly after The Guardian posted its report, the company purged over 2,000 “channels associated with militias and other militarized social movements.”
In addition to locking some public features that would help researchers find more extremist content, the app had begun deleting some far-right groups as of Wednesday. Zello said it was “prepared to take action on those,” adding that it was working on a more elaborate response. Zello has been used by the Cajun Navy, a group of volunteers who aid people stranded in storms, but is also home to more than 800 far-right channels that appear to violate its policy that bars anyone who promotes “violent ideologies,” the news outlet reported. 6 in a public channel called “STOP THE STEAL J6” on the app, which claims to have 150 million users and has avoided the proactive moderation of far-right rhetoric, according to The Guardian. The frantic exchanges took place at 2:44 p.m. Keep going.”Īnother person was heard saying: “Jess, do your s. They’re throwing grenades, they’re frickin’ shooting people with paintballs, but we’re in here.”Ī male voice replied from a quiet location: “God bless and godspeed. Sign up for newsletters emailed to your inbox.“We are in the main dome right now,” a female militia member was heard saying amid the mayhem, the outlet reported. To reach the newsroom or report a typo/correction, click HERE. For more information on that go to the Cajun Navy Facebook page. Perhaps dropping off some materials, some supplies- those are always very welcome and of course, financial donations are also very helpful. Rob says there are other ways to help if you can't get out there.
"So we don't go in and 'cowboy' try to run things we go in as part of a system and we fill a need, based on what they tell us." Founder Rob Gaudet has been in touch with Houma officials since Wednesday, and he says, when the Force arrives, it will immediately work with recovery efforts already in place. Volunteers for this mission of the Cajun Navy Ground Force came from both local and Texas sources, and everyone has something to contribute to the four-day relief effort. "The route's clear all the way, all the way to Wal-Mart, we're gonna go to the Wal-Mart and get started from there, span out and start clearing trees," offers Gaudet to his group. "Spoke with somebody in our team that's out there looks like they've got a lot of trees down, a lot of work that needs to be done and a lot of people who need to be helped." "There's a lot of stuff going on out there, a lot of destruction," said Cajun Navy volunteer Rex Judice. So the Cajun Navy Ground Force- already with a prep team in place set up at the Wal-Mart in Houma- rounded up a second set of volunteers.who this morning came to this Lafayette staging area with tools, supplies and giving hearts.
Part of the reason is that right now- help is "Not" coming from New Orleans the Crescent City has its own issues. "We'll probably the only first-responder, non-profit type organization there for a while because of how it's geographically located." "So we're actually going into Houma where there's a tremendous need, between Houma, Raceland, Thibodaux, Donaldsonville, that whole region needs a lot of help right now," explained Cajun Navy founder Rob Gaudet just minutes before his caravan of six vehicles headed out. Its purpose: to essentially bring light to the folks of Houma who really need that beacon. The Cajun Navy Ground Force hit the ground running and headed to Houma and Thibodaux Tuesday to assist in relief and repair efforts.
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