SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc is making it harder to find user groups associated with the term “Boogaloo,” which refers to a potential U.S. civil war or the collapse of civilization, the company said on Thursday.
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Facebook will no longer recommend such groups to members of similar associations, a spokeswoman for the world’s largest social media network said.
At least two of three men charged on Wednesday with plotting violence at a Las Vegas anti-racism protest participated in Boogaloo groups on Facebook, according to an FBI criminal complaint.
Facebook said it made the changes early in the week. “We felt we needed to take this action given discussions of potential use of violence,” the spokeswoman said on condition she not be named.
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