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How Far-Right Extremist Militias Organize on Facebook
In the aftermath of the Capitol riot, far-right militia groups are using Facebook to organize—and they’re not worried about getting banned by Meta.
After lying low for several years in the aftermath of the Capitol riot on January 6, militia extremists have been quietly reorganizing, ramping up recruitment and rhetoric on Facebook—with apparently little concern that Meta will enforce its own ban against them, according to new research by the Tech Transparency Project shared exclusively with WIRED. This isn't allowed per Meta's own safety standards, but these groups are there coordinating on Facebook ahead of the November election, encouraging combat training and telling followers to prepare. A lot of their posts sort of convey a general sense of urgency about the need to prepare for a war or to stand up against myriad supposed enemies like drag queens or immigrants or pro-Palestine college students or "communists", the US government, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, George Soros, "globalists".
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