https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7k9egd/technology-cant-explain-trump-supporters-storming-the-capitol

Only a few hours after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an effort to block the certification of election results, commentators online began pinning the blame for Wednesday’s riot on technology and social media platforms. It is hard to square such claims with the Confederate flags that were proudly waved in the Capitol; America has a long history of right-wing mobs and violence, much of it racist. Most of that earlier violence was much more intense, more widely accepted, and, crucially, legally protected. Technology alone cannot explain that, and yet there are stubborn efforts to insist otherwise.

On the day of the Capitol riot, some tech reporters and editors offered up “technology” either in the form of mobile devices, social media, or various apps as a primary cause, even though the President had told the crowd just before to "walk down to the Capitol” and explained “you will never take back our country with weakness." Others insisted the blame laid with platforms, algorithms, and disinformation bubbles that radicalized people and pushed them into extremism.