FUND WARS, TRUCKER CONVOYS, AND PUTIN
GoFundMe says it will withhold millions of dollars raised for Canadian truckers protesting against vaccine mandates, citing police reports of violence.
The Freedom Convoy has been rallying since last weekend, and more protests are expected in Toronto and Ottawa.
In a statement, the crowdfunding website said it would withhold the donations already made, and refund donors who fill out a request form.
Some of these have now started a new fundraising effort on rival "Alt-Tech" fundraising site, GiveSendGo, which markets itself as a "Christian" site.
A new fundraising appeal for Canadian truckers protesting vaccine mandates has already raised millions of dollars after GoFundMe halted the campaign on its website.A new appeal for the Canadian Freedom Convoy has raised more than $2.1 million out of a $16,000 target on platform GiveSendGo after GoFundMe halted the campaign after police raised concerns of violence. This include one anonymous donor giving the truckers $215,000 on the now platform.
So THAT’s why they floated the idea that Russia is behind the Canadian trucker protests. 😉 https://t.co/u2GcNvIGNs
— Nina 🐙 Byzantina (@NinaByzantina) February 6, 2022
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So, is Putin up to his tricks again? Well, why wouldn't he be? The Western establishment certainly seems to think so. This is why GoFundMe has been pressured by the Canadian government to shut down the Trucker funds.
The Canadian vax mandate, which Trad News of course opposes, is an internal issue for Canadians, based on the trending data, which is that they don't do much good, and how much Canadians value their individual freedoms. But we also live in an age of shadow conflicts, Grey Zone, and 4th generation hybrid warfare that infects everything else we do and all aspects of our political process, including protest, fundraising, and dissident politics.
More evidence of Russian subversion:
A report in the Daily Telegraph has revealed how the Trucker Convoy Protests are being artificially boosted on social media:
Online content mills in Asia are helping to fuel trucker convoy protests against pandemic restrictions in Canada and the United States, new investigations have found.
On Monday, Justin Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister, declared a national public order emergency - the first in half a century – to grant powers to the federal government to do what is necessary to restore public order after more than two weeks of gridlock.
The controversial measure reflects rising evidence that the demonstrations are not as organic and localised as initially thought, and that many protesters do not have a link to the trucking industry, particularly as it gains momentum online at home and abroad.
Some Facebook groups that have also promoted similar “trucker convoys” in the US are being run by fake accounts tied to content farms based in Asian countries such as Bangladesh and Vietnam, Facebook officials told NBC News.
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