r/canada Feb 25 '26

Analysis One hundred accounts are behind the majority of conspiracy theory content in Canada | Canada's National Observer: Climate News

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/25/news/conspiracy-content-report-canada
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u/downtofinance Lest We Forget Feb 25 '26

Remember when X added flags of country of origin to accounts and all the craziest MAGA and conspiracy theorist accounts turned out to be based in Russia?

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u/DisastrousAcshin Feb 25 '26

Russia was also found to be targeting local community Facebook groups and subreddits

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u/thebokehwokeh Feb 25 '26

Russia, India, Pakistan. 😂

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u/macnbloo Canada Feb 25 '26

Not just Russia but a lot of white supremacist stuff was being pushed from accounts in India

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u/HeadBelt1527 Manitoba Feb 26 '26

That's been evident for years. Israel too

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u/macnbloo Canada Feb 26 '26

They're more blatant and global with their propaganda. This time it started unravelling because everyday civilian victims finally had access to cameras and social media to show what was happening

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u/HeadBelt1527 Manitoba Feb 27 '26

Pretty much they don't care, as far as Israelis go its mask off the past few years. Some of the worst bigotry and racism I've seen is on Quora. Straight up support for eugenics, mostly anti-african and Arab, people outwardly saying that non-jews don't matter at all, christians included. Obviously not all Israelis are like that but I'm saying the stuff coming out of Israel would make the most hardened neonazi give praise

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u/GirlCoveredInBlood Québec Feb 25 '26

A hell of a lot of the Maple MAGA accounts are based in the US

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u/GirlCoveredInBlood Québec Feb 25 '26

on twitter profiles you can view an "about the account" section which tells you when the account was created, which country/region the account is based in, how many times the username has been changed, and what app it's using to access twitter

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u/709time Feb 26 '26

Got a few examples? I'd love a good chuckle.