The Boogaloo Bois and how Facebook stonewalls journalists

Far-right extremists called the Boogaloo Bois have gained national attention after multiple arrests and their presence at some racial justice protests. We spoke with Cassie Miller, a senior research analyst for the Southern Poverty Law Center, about why the pandemic was a breaking point for the group and whether or not it’s an actual movement.

We also spoke with tech journalist Jacob Silverman about what journalists go through while covering Facebook, which does everything it can to throw reporters “off the scent” of a story. At the same time, there’s a big power disparity between news outlets and Facebook. Newsrooms rely on the social network for traffic and sometimes for funding. Through the Facebook Journalism Project, the company has given millions of dollars to news organizations.