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Chicago Police Department’s ‘Operation FaceBOOKED’ Undercover Sting Leads To 53 Arrests

Janet GartnerDecember 3, 2019December 3, 2019

by Janet GartnerDecember 3, 2019December 3, 201913652

Chicago Police Interim Superintendent Charlie Beck held a press conference on Tuesday to announce the result of an undercover sting called ‘Operation FaceBooked.’ According to...

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Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan & Others for Hate Speech

Gloria LandmanMay 2, 2019June 14, 2019

by Gloria LandmanMay 2, 2019June 14, 20193 3770

Minister Louis Farrakhan‘s profile was one of many marked “dangerous” removed from Facebook and its other services including Instagram and dedicated fan pages....

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Facebook Takes Down Ads Mentioning African-Americans and Hispanics, Calling Them Political

BMS AdminOctober 19, 2018

by BMS AdminOctober 19, 201802110

A Facebook advertisement celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month from a health insurance company. A professional women’s club showcasing black dolls so children can see “beautiful reflections...

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15-Year Old girl stabbed 80 times and set on fire by man she met on Facebook

BMS AdminDecember 5, 2017

by BMS AdminDecember 5, 2017011654

A Philadelphia man is accused of stabbing a 15-year-old girl more than 50 times and burning her body after they met on social media. Police...

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Facebook (Still) Allows Discrimination in Housing Ads

BMS AdminNovember 25, 2017November 25, 2017

by BMS AdminNovember 25, 2017November 25, 201701383

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Facebook’s Diversity Report Reveals Only 3% of Staff is African American

BMS AdminAugust 3, 2017August 5, 2017

by BMS AdminAugust 3, 2017August 5, 201701289

Facebook released its diversity report this Wednesday, stating that they are “encouraged” that women now make up 35 percent of the workforce and hold 19...

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Facebook’s Censorship Rules Protect White Men from Hate Speech But Not Black Children

BMS AdminJune 28, 2017June 29, 2017

by BMS AdminJune 28, 2017June 29, 201702682

In the aftermath of the terrorist attack in London earlier this month, U.S. congressman Clay Higgins wrote a Facebook post in which he called for the...

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Facebook is being accused of ‘racially biased censorship’ by the ACLU

Gloria LandmanJanuary 27, 2017February 3, 2017

by Gloria LandmanJanuary 27, 2017February 3, 20176 12513

A collection of almost 80 civil rights groups are accusing Facebook of “racially biased censorship.” They are saying the company needs to be more transparent...

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Detroit Man Facing 40 Years in Prison for Facebook Posts Against Cops

Janet GartnerOctober 25, 2016November 18, 2016

by Janet GartnerOctober 25, 2016November 18, 201638 38273

A man from Detroit, MI is facing up to 40 years in prison for the alleged rants encouraging people to “kill all white cops” he posted on Facebook....

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ACLU Reports That Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Helped Police Target and Monitor Black Activists

BMS AdminOctober 15, 2016October 16, 2016

by BMS AdminOctober 15, 2016October 16, 201612262

The ACLU recently announced that social media giants, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have been giving Geofeedia access to user information that helped law enforcement agencies...

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Mark Zuckerberg Scolds Facebook Staff For Crossing Out ‘Black Lives Matter’

Anthony AlleyneFebruary 26, 2016March 5, 2016

by Anthony AlleyneFebruary 26, 2016March 5, 201601667

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Best Times to Post On Facebook

Yusuf Asturias (BMS)January 5, 2016January 5, 2016

by Yusuf Asturias (BMS)January 5, 2016January 5, 201601564

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Never Forget: In 1985 Police Dropped a Bomb on a West Philly...

BMS AdminMay 31, 2016June 22, 2018

May 31, 2016June 22, 2018174

On May 13, 1985, at approximately 5:28 p.m., two, one-pound bombs were dropped onto a house at...

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eleanor on Woman Who Kicked 8-Yr-Old So Hard In The Stomach It Killed Her Found Guilty Of First Degree Murder: “I am an old lady, but if I got near her, I’d probably wind up in jail myself. The father…” Sep 14, 16:07
whitty on Two Shot Dead in Third Night of Wisconsin Protests Over Jacob Blake Police Shooting: “The media has you exactly where they want you. Full of HATE and BiGOTRY.” Sep 6, 20:09
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