COVID-19 Misinformation Newsletter 15 February 2022
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15 February 2022
Press: Inspired by Canadian truckers, Europe’s ‘Freedom Convoy’ heads to Brussels
13 February 2022
The Washington Post reports on aggrieved citizens, planning convoys across Europe. French convoys rolled into Paris over the weekend, and some French demonstrators are now en route to Brussels, where smaller convoys from other European countries are expected to converge Monday.
Lisa-Maria Neudert, a researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute who has been tracking Europe’s anti-lockdown movement, particularly in Germany, said English-language material from right-wing U.S. media and conspiracy theory sites is being forwarded into German-language groups.
“These Telegram groups have a history of looking to what is happening in the U.S.,” she said.