NEW: Facebook removes hundreds of boogaloo accounts for 'promoting violence' in coordinated takedown

[Mike 03]

Washington Post
Rachel Lerman
June 30, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. MST


Facebook said it would also remove hundreds of accounts that supported or praised the violent network within the far-right movement.

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.

Facebook’s move against the boogaloo movement came after federal prosecutors charged several adherents of the movement with crimes across the U.S., including the murder of a security officer at a federal courthouse in Oakland, Calif., and a plot to use explosives at a demonstration in Las Vegas, Nev., protesting the police killing of George Floyd.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/06/30/facebook-boogaloo-ban-accounts/

[abqtommy]

1. Welcome to the party, Facebook...why you so late?

[Wounded Bear]

2. Might want to send those accounts off to the FBI on suspicion of sedition...

[gratuitous]

3. Hmmmm

That might explain why some of my Facebook subscriptions are missing the usual troll contingent. I'm missing them like I miss an abcessed tooth.

[iemitsu]

4. Guess Zuckerberg wants back in on the ad money.

I hope that prick dies broke.

[oswaldactedalone]

5. Not good enough Zuck

You have quite a penance to pay for your Trump worship.

[lettucebe]

6. The ad boycott seems to be helping but they must do far more

Especially with the political ads -- if you know an ad is promoting falsehoods it's prudent to remove that content. If the president posts it, it's especially important to remove it. Our president is a moron and needs saving from himself.