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1. A man charged this week w/murdering an officer was a member of several Facebook Boogaloo groups

He met his accomplice on Facebook

Facebook now says it's acting to reduce the spread of Boogaloo groups

But it's not following through

I have receipts

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2. Facebook says it will no longer include Boogaloo groups in its "recommendation engine."

But on Facebook yesterday, I was repeatedly recommended Boogaloo pages on Facebook

Again. And again. And again.

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3. This process of pushing someone who joins or visits one Boogaloo page to more and more Boogaloo pages is how people become radicalized online.

Facebook says it takes time to exclude new pages

But I was recommended pages created last October

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4. Facebook's public statements about its response to Boogaloo groups the promote violence sound good.

But these statements don't hold up to scrutiny

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5. In May, Facebook said it would prohibit Boogaloo memes the encourage violence.

But I found plenty of those as well

This meme encourages violence against federal officers ("soup bois"). It's the same rhetoric used by the man just charged with murder

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6. Facebook had $4.9 BILLION in profits in the first three months of 2020. It has the resources to monitor a couple of hundred Boogaloo groups on Facebook and enforce its policies.

How am I able to identify these violations before Facebook?

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7. The broader question is why Facebook allows Boogaloo groups at all. It's rules prohibit groups "that proclaim a violent mission or are engaged in violence."

That seems to describe Boogaloo, but Boogaloo groups are not prohibited

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1. Facebook is not enforcing its own rules prohibiting ads that promote violence.

This failure may help a Qanon conspiracy theorist become a member of Congress

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2. Marjorie Taylor Greene is running for Congress in Georgia.

She is a supporter of Qanon, a conspiracy group that thinks "Trump is engaged in a shadowy war against a cabal of global elites...and will soon arrest or even execute top Democrats"

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Last Thursday, I reported Green began running this ad where she cocks a semi-automatic rifle and delivers a message to “ANTIFA terrorists”

Facebook told me the ad violated its rules and took it down.

But by that time it had already been viewed by 50K people in Georgia.
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UPDATE: This morning, I reported that @Disney was still advertising on Tucker Carlson, who is using his platform to trash the Black Lives Matter movement

A few minutes ago, Disney told me it will no longer run ads on the program

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UPDATE: This AM, I reported @PapaJohns was still advertising on Tucker Carlson

It sent me a statement last nite indicating it had no plans to stop

In a new statement, sent to me moments ago, the company said it will no longer advertise on Tucker Carlson

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1. Tucker Carlson has used his platform to repeatedly attack & denigrate the Black Lives Matter movement

He has a history of using white nationalist rhetoric

Can corporations say they support Black Lives Matter and sponsor Carlson's show?

4 are trying

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2. @Disney says it stands with "our fellow Black employees, storytellers, creators, and the entire black community"

It has advertised on Tucker Carlson 29x in 2020

I asked Disney if it would continuing advertising with Tucker

They didn't respond

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@Disney 3. Johnson & Johnson (@JNJNews) tweeted "racism in any form is unacceptable" and "Black Lives Matter."

It has advertised on Tucker Carlson 25x in 2020

I asked Johnson & Johnson if it would continuing advertising with Tucker

They didn't respond

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