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swag

(26,480 posts)
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 06:03 PM Jun 2020

Discord Just Shut Down the Biggest 'Boogaloo' Server for Inciting Violence

Source: Vice News

By Tess Owen

Discord, a platform popular with gamers, has shut down one of the largest servers used by followers of the anti-government “boogaloo” movement after it was exposed in a VICE News article.

“Boogaloo” is code for civil war — which is the ultimate goal of this insurgent movement that’s pulled in hardline libertarians, anti-government extremists, online shitposters and white nationalists. Adherents are often known as “Boogaloo Bois,” and they've been showing up to anti-lockdown and anti-police brutality protests clad in their uniform of Hawaiian shirts and tactical gear.

The movement has also drawn in active-duty service members of the U.S. military, which VICE News reported on Wednesday. The article incorporated screenshots from the innocuously-named “Citizens of Liberty” or “CLO” Discord server that showed users offering their military expertise to help advance the goals of the Boogaloo movement.

Discord’s “Trust & Safety” team looked into the server after VICE News published, and determined that it violated their community guidelines for “threatening and encouraging violence.” Later on Wednesday night, Discord took action and removed the server — and deleted the accounts of all 2,258 members.

Read more: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akzkep/discord-just-shut-down-the-biggest-boogaloo-server-for-inciting-violence

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Discord Just Shut Down the Biggest 'Boogaloo' Server for Inciting Violence (Original Post) swag Jun 2020 OP
Just read that VICE article from Wednesday... stillcool Jun 2020 #1
But did they save the data? FrodosNewPet Jun 2020 #2
"A proper, functional domestic security agency". Where do we find one during a Trump administration? marble falls Jun 2020 #5
No internet service EVER deletes the information it captures. Even if the TOS says it does. erronis Jun 2020 #14
Good, fuck 'em! Initech Jun 2020 #3
"Boogaloo Bois" ??? More like Boogaloo Bunnies. nt Progressive Jones Jun 2020 #4
Please don"t insult bunnies. niyad Jun 2020 #17
I hope they turned the 2,258 accounts information to the FBI and military. Gore1FL Jun 2020 #6
The problem with that is Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #15
I am not openly advocating violent civil war as a military member. nt Gore1FL Jun 2020 #19
You won't have to be for Trump to declare you a traitor. Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #20
Trump is gonna do Trump for sure. Gore1FL Jun 2020 #21
I've thought about that scenario more than once. BComplex Jun 2020 #23
If Trump did that he wouldn't need to ask for the info. NutmegYankee Jun 2020 #27
Never fear, their FB page is still up Warpy Jun 2020 #7
Yes Zuckerberg... Mazeltov Cocktail Jun 2020 #18
This is all new to me, and beyond me. NurseJackie Jun 2020 #8
Discord is a chat service that counts gamers as its core, but by no means only, demographic. Jedi Guy Jun 2020 #12
same here rdking647 Jun 2020 #22
Discord BigOleDummy Jun 2020 #13
I am a member at Discord... IthinkThereforeIAM Jun 2020 #9
This group fits the actual definition of traitors. warmfeet Jun 2020 #10
They're domestic terrorists. onetexan Jun 2020 #16
Exactly. mahina Jun 2020 #25
So Discord got rid of the Bois after they were in the news catrose Jun 2020 #11
One small correction. Hideous "Hawaiian" shirts. mahina Jun 2020 #24
online shitposter - what the heck is that? Sort of a catch-all category for all other misc. RW? Kashkakat v.2.0 Jun 2020 #26
nnnoooooooo. no. just no. not hawaiian shirts. they cant have my shirts. mopinko Jun 2020 #28

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
1. Just read that VICE article from Wednesday...
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 06:08 PM
Jun 2020
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xg8g87/the-us-military-has-a-boogaloo-problem

don't know what to think about Discord removing the server. They had to know before the article came out, right?

FrodosNewPet

(495 posts)
2. But did they save the data?
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 06:12 PM
Jun 2020

A proper, functional domestic security agency needs that information to investigate a legitimately dangerous movement.

erronis

(14,955 posts)
14. No internet service EVER deletes the information it captures. Even if the TOS says it does.
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 08:03 PM
Jun 2020

It is copied in so many ways to make sure that the only thing of value, your personal information, is kept safe to abuse.

I don't care if the FBI comes in with degaussers and sledgehammers. This information is stored many places.

For example, most largish internet companies do something called "sentiment analysis". This is really just building machine-learning models that try to understand all the gibberish that is posted on their pages.

In order to do this, they need to codify the words, phrases, meta-data into easy-to-process packets. Nobody (and frequently not even their data geeks) can decode what's in this model. But it does include your specifics. And can be re-used. Think facial recognition. Lots of pixels smeared onto hundreds of layers but that can be turned into your face.

Long reply. I never delete anything. I archive it, I zip it, I store it in version-control repositories, I have 20TB+ of backup disks stored in multiple physical locations.

Gore1FL

(21,034 posts)
6. I hope they turned the 2,258 accounts information to the FBI and military.
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 06:42 PM
Jun 2020

It would seem they might want to know who the traitors were.

Mr.Bill

(24,104 posts)
15. The problem with that is
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 08:10 PM
Jun 2020

if Trump wins a second term and decides DU are traitors, do you want your info turned over to William Barr's FBI?

Mr.Bill

(24,104 posts)
20. You won't have to be for Trump to declare you a traitor.
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 09:50 PM
Jun 2020

A few days ago he said Obama is guilty of Treason.

Gore1FL

(21,034 posts)
21. Trump is gonna do Trump for sure.
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 11:04 PM
Jun 2020

That doesn't mean we shouldn't hold military members advocating violence on U.S. citizenry accountable.

Boogaloo Boys advocate for and commit crimes. We at DU do not do either of these things. One list is legitimate. One list is not.

NutmegYankee

(16,178 posts)
27. If Trump did that he wouldn't need to ask for the info.
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 05:35 PM
Jun 2020

That level of lawlessness would result in them just taking the information and killing anyone in their way.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
8. This is all new to me, and beyond me.
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 07:14 PM
Jun 2020

Was this a subscription service of some kind? Did people play games on the server? Or is it just that "gamers" (in whatever form they come in) just happened to congregate at this particular social network server?

Jedi Guy

(3,171 posts)
12. Discord is a chat service that counts gamers as its core, but by no means only, demographic.
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 07:41 PM
Jun 2020

You can use it to stream games so others can watch as you play, for instance. Or you can set it up so that other people on the same server can see what game you're currently playing, but not your actual screen. It also has voice-over-IP functionality, plus a slew of other features. It does have a "boost" feature that allows you to pay money for services above and beyond the standard features. It's a pretty nice program, honestly.

My buddies and I use it for voice communications during our online D&D games, as well as other games. We also have different channels for different topics, such as humorous memes, cute animal pictures, video game news, etc.

BigOleDummy

(2,260 posts)
13. Discord
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 07:42 PM
Jun 2020

Fills a lot of roles for gamers. Mostly the online games. I have an account for a game I play or played I suppose is more accurate. From the server/account I'm on there was very little to no craziness like this. Some pro-trumpers but you kind of had to search around for that stuff (was hidden away in sub-sections like meme off the day, users pictures etc) Each Guild had their own section so we were pretty isolated. You had to get an invite to join. We discussed tactics for the game, what materials to use and there were pointers for the noobs. Could also see what others in our group were playing to get an idea for other things to try.

Discord by and of itself is pretty innocuous but rwnj's can screw up pretty much anything.

IthinkThereforeIAM

(3,072 posts)
9. I am a member at Discord...
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 07:24 PM
Jun 2020

... I play World of Tanks games there, clans/teams use Discord server so they can use voice and audio for teamwork while in platoon matches, tournaments, etc...

I mention this so all the good folks here know and understand why a gamer would use Discord servers for gaming. Usually less lag in the games, too.

That being said, I have seen little to no political commenting there for the past 3 months I have been a member. Although there are anti Trump rants once in a while in the Discord group text chat... nothing big other than, "trump sucks, really messed things up..." and that is about all I have seen.

catrose

(5,050 posts)
11. So Discord got rid of the Bois after they were in the news
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 07:28 PM
Jun 2020

Heck of a way to police yourself. Slightly better than Zuck but what isn't?

mopinko

(69,806 posts)
28. nnnoooooooo. no. just no. not hawaiian shirts. they cant have my shirts.
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 06:04 PM
Jun 2020

that's my business casual uniform goddamnit.

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