The hacked account and suspicious donations behind the Canadian trucker protests

[Nevilledog]

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Jason Paladino
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"The entity behind some of the largest Facebook groups supporting the protests is an unknown person.. who used the Facebook account of a Missouri woman. She says her account on the platform was hacked and stolen." @BySteveReilly @twiceanya @benjaminopowers

grid.news
The hacked account and suspicious donations behind the Canadian trucker protests
The jumble of misinformation, online fundraising groups and amplification from right-wing political figures suggests there’s more to these protests than meets the eye.
2:57 PM · Feb 8, 2022

https://www.grid.news/story/misinformation/2022/02/08/the-hacked-account-and-suspicious-donations-behind-the-canadian-trucker-protests/



Hundreds of people have been camped out in the icy streets of Ottawa, Canada’s capital city, for more than a week, occupying the area around the nation’s government buildings. It’s a protest ostensibly stemming from some Canadian cross-border truckers’ objections to a Canadian requirement that those who cross the border be vaccinated against covid-19.

But a close look at several “Freedom Convoy” groups and crowdfunding efforts online shows the involvement of anonymous actors, deep-pocketed non-Canadian donors and prominent U.S. right-wing political figures.

Some of the largest Facebook groups responsible for galvanizing support, both ideological and financial, appeared to have been administered through a stolen account, Grid has found.

The protests are not organized by Canadian trucking unions, the largest of which has come out against the protests. They also do not appear to reflect the values of most Canadians or most Canadian truckers: More than 80 percent of the Canadian public is vaccinated, including almost 90 percent of truckers, according to Canada’s minister of transport.

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[LonePirate]

1. Facebook could provide all of this information, including the IPs and location of the users.

Of course, I doubt that Facebook would do that unless compelled by law.

[BigmanPigman]

2. Last night I watched cable news and they showed tRump's coffee table book

and there was one page that had Zuckerberg dining across the table from tRump who wrote that Fuckerberg would dine at the White House and kiss tRump's ass. Fakebook and Fuckerberg are tools.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9976555/Trump-says-Mark-Zuckerberg-used-come-White-House-kiss-Fox-News-interview.html

[tanyev]

3. Kick.