Watchdog report finds Facebook has failed to weed out 'boogaloo' extremists
Facebook continues to serve as a breeding ground for the extremist “boogaloo” movement despite multiple attempts by the social network to crack down on posts by adherents, who advocate a violent overthrow of the U.S. government, according to a new report.
The report, published Wednesday by the Tech Transparency Project, part of the nonpartisan Campaign for Accountability, concludes that Facebook “has repeatedly failed to remove ‘boogaloo’ extremists who are using the platform to plan for a militant uprising.” The report suggests that “Facebook’s spotty track record in removing these extremists, despite intense media attention on the issue and pressure from lawmakers, provides a window into Facebook’s deeper dysfunction policing its platform for things like hate speech and misinformation.”
TTP regularly calls out failures by Facebook and other big tech companies to enforce stated policies. For example, another report published by the group in May highlights how white supremacist groups are thriving on Facebook, despite the platform’s policy against hate groups.
Over the past few months, Facebook has announced a number of actions in response to reports revealing how anti-government extremists use private Facebook groups to organize and to share violent tactics in preparation for what they refer to as the “boogaloo,” a civil war against what they consider the tyranny of the U.S. government. In April, another report by TTP was among the first to highlight the recent emergence and rapidly growing membership of “boogaloo” Facebook groups amid the coronavirus pandemic, warning that extremist were fanning frustrations over lockdown measures while discussing “tactical strategies, combat medicine, and various types of weapons.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/watchdog-report-finds-facebook-has-failed-to-weed-out-boogaloo-extremists-223004148.html
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