Violent extremist movement ‘Boogaloo Bois’ reemerges on Facebook: report – By Thehill (CBNC) / Sept 7, 2022
The violent extremist “boogaloo” movement is showing new signs of activity on Facebook, in spite of the social media platform’s ban on the group, according to a new report from the Tech Transparency Project.
Boogaloo groups and individual “boogaloo bois” have increased their activity on Facebook following the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, the Tech Transparency Project found.
The boogaloo movement appears to “see this moment as a growth opportunity for their movement” and hopes to “capitalize on the wave of far-right anger at the FBI,” the report said.
In particular, several boogaloo groups on Facebook have been “valorizing” an armed man who tried to breach an FBI field office in Cincinnati, Ohio, soon after the Mar-a-Lago search, according to the report. The man was killed following an hours-long…
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