{"id":4815,"date":"2022-02-21T06:36:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T05:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/21\/disinformation-for-profit-scammers-cash-in-on-conspiracy-theories\/"},"modified":"2022-02-21T06:36:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T05:36:42","slug":"disinformation-for-profit-scammers-cash-in-on-conspiracy-theories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/21\/disinformation-for-profit-scammers-cash-in-on-conspiracy-theories\/","title":{"rendered":"Disinformation for profit: scammers cash in on conspiracy theories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some accounts claiming to support the Canada trucker protests are run by con artists abroad<\/p>\n

When Facebook removed dozens of groups dedicated to Canada\u2019s anti-government \u201cFreedom Convoy\u201d protests earlier this month, it didn\u2019t do so because of extremism or conspiracies rife within the protests<\/a>. It was because the groups were being run by scam artists.<\/p>\n

Networks of spammers and profiteers, some based as far afield as Vietnam or Romania, had set up the groups using fake or hacked Facebook accounts<\/a> in an attempt to make money off of the political turmoil.<\/p>\n

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\nSome accounts claiming to support the Canada trucker protests are run by con artists abroad
\nWhen Facebook removed dozens of groups dedicated to Canada\u2019s anti-government \u201cFreedom Convoy\u201d protests earlier this month, it didn\u2019t do so because of extremism or conspiracies rife within the protests. It was because the groups were being run by scam artists.
\nNetworks of spammers and profiteers, some based as far afield as Vietnam or Romania, had set up the groups using fake or hacked Facebook accounts in an attempt to make money off of the political turmoil. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some accounts claiming to support the Canada trucker protests are run by con artists abroad When Facebook removed dozens of groups dedicated to Canada\u2019s anti-government \u201cFreedom Convoy\u201d protests earlier this month, it didn\u2019t do so because of extremism or conspiracies rife within the protests. It was because the groups were being run by scam artists. …<\/p>\n

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