In January, the staff of Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, was flooded with tens of thousands of angry phone calls, all with the same concern. Calling in from as far away as Australia, the people were worried that an unvaccinated Covid-19 patient was getting a lower level of care, and wanted to ensure he would be transferred elsewhere.
A study by the Tech Transparency Project found more than 100 white supremacist pages and groups on Facebook. In some cases, Facebook profited from the groups’ presence by running ads in searches for the organizations.