Thread by @HeatherMoAndCo

Dangerous #covid19 disinformation in Canada & elsewhere. A thread. #cdnpoli #CovidCanada

Let’s begin with AIER, The American Institute For Economic Research. #AIER is a libertarian “think tank”, largely funded by the Koch Network. AIER is behind such large scale propaganda offensives as “The Great Barrington Declaration”. A thoroughly debunked piece of disinformation

AIER disinformation has been so successful & pervasive that even formerly respected authors peddle their nonsense.
Incidentally, Naomi Wolfe happens to be a “Visiting Senior Fellow” at #AIER. #cdnpoli #COVID19 #COVIDdisinformation

🇨🇦 has also proven to be fertile ground for #AIER propaganda as well as other #DarkMoney RW organizations with ties to wealthy extraction industry interests.
“Your Ontario Doctors” have a history of peddling in such propaganda & nuisance lawsuits:

https://twitter.com/heathermoandco/status/1358856154445709313?s=21

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Now there’s yet another #DarkMoney player in town, also claiming to be made up of “doctors & scientists”. They fundraise off of anti-mask, anti-lockdown, anti-vax propaganda, while not revealing any details about who they are or their organization. #COVID19 #CovidDisinformation

“Doctors 4 Covid Ethics” disinformation is being shared by in 🇨🇦 by Derek Sloan type anti-vaxxers, in 🇬🇧 by RW pro-#Brexit anti-lockdown types, & in 🇺🇸 on alt.right/neo-Nazi platforms like Gab. #COVID19 #CovidDisinformation #cdnpoli

“Doctors 4 Covid Ethics” puts out their propaganda on platforms like Medium, Pressat in 🇬🇧, as well as social media platforms, in addition to videos on Vimeo. Their videos appear to have been removed from YouTube. #cdnpoli #COVID19 #CovidDisinformation

Now, here’s a bit of a rabbit hole, but bear with me. “Doctors 4 Covid Ethics” also publishes at “Global Research”. More on them shortly, but yet another “non profit” in 🇨🇦 (

https://twitter.com/heathermoandco/status/1366519261523562500?s=21

) funded by #DarkMoney, spreading disinformation. #cdnpoli

All these articles at “Global Research” say they are “authored” by “Doctors For COVID Ethics”, but nowhere does it say who these people are. If you click on the author link, it just takes you right back to the Global Research page of their other articles. #cdnpoli #COVID19

So, who & what is the innocuously named “Global Research .ca”? It’s a conspiracy/disinformation site started by unhinged conspiracy theorist, Michel Chossudovsky. “Global Research” is aka “Centre For Research On Globalization”. #cdnpoli #CovidDisinformation

In 2017, CRG was accused by information warfare specialists at NATO’s STRATCOM, of playing a key role in spreading Russian propaganda. (web.archive.org/web/2017111719…)
A report by U.S. State Department in Aug/2020 accused the website of being a proxy for Russian disinformation campaigns

Canadian politicians engaging in dangerous disinformation that potentially put the public at risk, are a serious threat to being able achieve vaccine heard immunity & lifting restrictions we’d all like to see. Instead, these politicians insure continued risk & harm./end #cdnpoli