The American insurrectionists’ love-hate relationship with the Internet

A file photo of people recording as US Capitol police officers push back violent insurrectionists loyal to Trump in Washington. Besides the gigantic physical crime scene, images shared on social media and mobile phone info left a huge digital crime scene. And luckily there’s plenty of people willing to mine the data to help deliver justice. — AP

Thou shalt not post your illegal activities online! Isn’t that one of the social-media commandments? If not, it should be.

Clearly, those who stormed the Capitol on Jan 6 must’ve missed that tip, and in the rampage’s aftermath, the Internet became one of law enforcement’s go-to resources for identifying and tracking down insurrectionists.