"
The 'freedom convoy' group and its 360,000 users have just experienced the worst censorship ever
," denounces Olivier Rohaut (alias Oliv Oliv), one of the voices of the protest movement who has made the latter talk about him. days, in a video shared Thursday, February 11 on social networks.
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The figure of the antivax movement in Nice and former activist of the "
yellow vests
" is today one of the voices of the protest movement which joins Paris, this Friday, despite the ban issued by the prefecture.
Their goal is to block travel in the capital for the entire weekend.
This protest, directly imported from Canada, is organized in opposition to health measures, in particular the vaccination pass.
The personal accounts of the three administrators of the group have been “
deleted
”, thus ending its activity, a large part of the publications having to be validated by the moderators.
If the group itself has not been sanctioned, some suspicious activities would still take place there.
In a message sent to our colleagues from BFMTV, the social network defends itself from any act of censorship.
“
In France, as in other countries, we have deleted groups, personal accounts and pages concerning these protest movements for having broken several of the rules of our platforms, in particular for having spammed and deceived people to monetize their interest. for this movement
,” says Facebook.
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A second group already very active
The organizers of the social movement were quick to reorganize.
After “
the freedom convoy
” and its nearly 400,000 members came “
the freedom convoy 2.0
” which attracted 70,000 users in less than a day.
And, since you can never be too careful, the organizers have also created a third “
rescue group
”.
Formed just a few days ago, these groups are enjoying explosive popularity.
There were 50,000 members on January 28, an amount multiplied by seven in the space of two weeks.
Discussions on private messaging services would also be invested by tens of thousands of people.
Viral popularity circles reminiscent of those who saw the birth of the "
yellow vests
" movement a few years ago.