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The report recommends creating new definitions for extremism that are shared between agencies, improved reporting on crimes linked to and antigovernment groups, and better use of social media in an effort to prevent violence, said Sen. Gary Peters, the Michigan Democrat who chairs the committee.

Growing domestic extremism has been linked to the country's widening political divide and a rise in distrust of institutions. Critics of social media's role in say that misinformation and hate speech spread online is fueling the problem, and in some cases of real-world violence like the on the U.S. Capitol.

Participants in that effort to illegally stop the certification of the presidential election openly discussed online their plans to come to Washington for weeks ahead of time, with some discussing the possibility of using force, Peters noted.

鈥淔olks who were looking at what was happening on social media should have known that something very bad could potentially go down on Jan. 6 here at the Capitol,鈥� Peters said Wednesday on a conference call with reporters.

The FBI emailed a statement to The Associated Press defending its handling of domestic terrorism in response to the report. The agency has provided comprehensive reports to Congress on the threat of domestic extremism motivated by racism or antigovernment views and tracks it carefully, the agency said.

鈥淭hey are among the FBI鈥檚 top threat priorities,鈥� the agency said.

A DHS spokesperson responded similarly Wednesday, saying the agency uses a 鈥渃ommunity-based approach to prevent terrorism and targeted violence, and does so in ways that protect privacy, civil rights and civil liberties.鈥�

The leaders of both agencies are scheduled to testify before Peters' committee on Thursday, part of its annual hearing on domestic threats.

Both agencies have previously defended their work to combat domestic terrorism, as FBI Director Christopher Wray did last year when he told Congress that violent extremists pose a .

Efforts by federal law enforcement have prompted questions about civil liberties and the targeting of communities of color. Republicans have , meanwhile, of using content moderation to .

Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and YouTube were all singled out in the report for by using algorithms designed to increase user engagement. Those algorithms often prioritize clicks over quality, potentially sending users down a of increasingly provocative material.

The report noted that tech companies often use content moderation tools to remove or flag extremist content after it's already spread. They should change their algorithms and products to ensure they aren't encouraging the content in the first place, the report recommended.

鈥淭he rise in domestic terrorism can be partially attributed to the proliferation of extremist content on social media platforms and the failure of companies to effectively limit it in favor of action that increase engagement on their platforms,鈥� the report concluded.