Border officials had known about the secret Facebook group for up to three years, according to a Homeland Security official. The private group had come under fire days ago after reports showed members mocking dead migrants and Democratic lawmakers
Customs and Border Protection officials have been aware for up to three years that a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents was posting offensive messages — far longer than previously reported.
“Reporting this week highlighted disturbing & inexcusable social media activity that allegedly includes active Border Patrol personnel,” McAleenan “We were not talking about ‘10-15’ as a liability or an asset or as an item of concern,” the former official said. “Nobody in government can watch everything that’s being said about an entity in social media,” this person said. “What gets posted at 5 p.m. today will be buried under thousands of messages tomorrow.”
The Facebook group posted obscene and misogynistic illustrations of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. | Win McNamee/Getty Images Others, in which officers talked about migrants in derogatory and dehumanizing terms, could break Facebook’s rules against hate speech. Facebook defines such speech as any “direct attack on people” based on identity markers such as race, ethnicity or national origin. The spokesperson said the company applies those standards “across Facebook, including in secret groups.
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