Niall said:They weren't 'confiscating' everyone's phones; they just 'wiped' those they found left behind at the venue.
That was an unfortunate use of words on my part. But workers (vendors, stage people etc..), phones were supposedly taken as evidence.
Eyewitnesses to the massacre had their phones confiscated as evidence to a mass shooting, which is nothing out of the ordinary. However, when the owners of the devices got their phones back, some red flags were raised, because all of the media captured the night of the shooting had been wiped clean by federal authorities. No pictures. No videos. Nothing which might present a story contrary to what the government wants us to believe happened.
Workers at the Route 91 festival during which Stephen Paddock unleashed his massacre have reportedly been given back their phones and laptops by the FBI only to discover that all messages and videos from the night of the attack have been wiped clean. [Source: Infowars]
Phones which were originally seized as evidence from eyewitnesses to the massacre have finally been returned to their owners, who were stunned when they noticed what was missing from their devices. _http://madworldnews.com/fbi-phones-vegas-eyewitnesses/
“According to a Las Vegas resident who posted a status update on Facebook, ‘A bunch of people that worked the Route 91 [concert] said they got their cell phones back today. They all said that all their phones are completely wiped clean! All messages and info from that weekend are completely gone. Anyone else experience this’?”
“’A few different people who were vendors there are all saying the same thing,’ the woman later comments.”
“Later in the thread, a Route 91 worker confirms the story, commenting, ‘Of course. It’s an active federal crime scene. They can wipe it clean. I was the beverage manager for the entire event. My laptop is wiped clean’.” _https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2017/10/13/vegas-shooting-concert-workers-phone-footage-wiped-clean-by-fbi/
PS: Thanks Niall for the break down.