Facebook removes boogaloo groups inciting violence

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Facebook on Tuesday removed hundreds of accounts and groups associated with a violent network of the far-right “boogaloo” movement whose followers have been linked to violence that disrupted mostly peaceful protests around the United States.

Facebook said it was designating the part of the boogaloo movement that advocates violence as a “dangerous organization” and had taken down 220 accounts, 28 pages, 106 groups and 95 Instagram accounts associated with it.

The social media platform said it also had removed 400 more Facebook accounts and more than 100 additional groups that supported or praised the violent network.
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President Trump and other government officials have pointed to antifa as a major instigator of violence at the mostly peaceful protests in the past month, but experts have said the government needs to devote more resources to investigate heavily armed right-wing extremist groups such as the boogaloos.

Federal prosecutors charged one boogaloo supporter, Steven Carrillo, with the killing of a security guard at a federal courthouse in Oakland last month. Carrillo allegedly drew the word “Boog” in blood on a stolen car. In Las Vegas, three men that prosecutors say are connected to the boogaloo movement are charged with conspiracy to damage and destroy by fire and explosive.

“They wanted to use the momentum of the George Floyd death in police custody in the City of Minneapolis to hopefully stir enough confusion and excitement, that others see the two explosions and police presence and begin to riot in the streets out of anger,” a federal criminal complaint read.
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They're all crazy nut jobs and should be put in a nice padded cell with daily thorazine shots.
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pinkbutterfly66 wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:31 am They're all crazy nut jobs and should be put in a nice padded cell with daily thorazine shots.
I guess Facebook is being forced to shut down hate groups and other garbage because advertisers are leaving.
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Lemons wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2020 12:34 pm
pinkbutterfly66 wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:31 am They're all crazy nut jobs and should be put in a nice padded cell with daily thorazine shots.
I guess Facebook is being forced to shut down hate groups and other garbage because advertisers are leaving.
It's sad that it took money walking away before that weasel Zuckerberg did the right thing.
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