There are currently 32 files uploaded to the private Facebook group Unmask Pennsylvania Students (60K+ members) various kinds of mask exemption forms, school board contact lists, a list of "vaccine attorneys" and a list of "Sheriff Duties" (from Sheriff Mack at CSPOA)
All sorts of handy resources for parents "taking a stand" against mask mandates in PA schools. Over 10,000 posts since the group was created on August 31.
Isn't it great how Facebook brings people with common causes together like this?
People are using these forms and reporting back if they work. I downloaded all the files today in case they get lost somewhere in the Facebook data abyss.
A "Childrens' Freedom Rally" (sic) 🙄 3rd photo is a FB post I saved from just before Sept 7th when these people were trying to coerce their kids to do a mask protest.
Here's an anti-mask parent who spells it out: "isn't making our kids go to school maskless so us parents can make a point to the district just putting the kids in the middle of a fight?"
Yes, Karen. That's exactly what y'all are doing.
I recently got kicked out and blocked from ReOpen PA but don't think this madness is confined to just the one Facebook group.
They're using Facebook to coordinate multiple anti-mask lolsuits too. So that's great.
aaand there's a website. of course there's a website. domain created August 18, 2021. h/t @melwedde
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445,000 people talking about “medical freedom” on Facebook tonight. It’s popular! 😐
Doing an experiment for science. Here are results from 4 Facebook friends in USA.
“Medical tyranny” is also popular, so that’s great. And Medical Medium appears to be wildly popular although I’ve heard of him before tonight.
The result from a friend in Southeast Asia seems to be the least politicized so far, although Medical Medium is once again recommended and my SEA friend never heard of him either.
I wondered where the rumors claiming the Reuters piece is "Russian disinformation" began since various people were tweeting about that in my mentions yesterday.
So I searched "Reuters Tass" 😐
One major problem with the Reuters piece is that it relies on information from anonymous law enforcement sources - something Glenn Greenwald usually hates and has publicly denounced for years.
Tass is not the source of the Reuters article.
It's also got a sensational headline which is why it's right-wing catnip.
As a side note, an article that's published outside of the right-wing media ecosystem is more influential because it appears more credible.
I didn't try to trace anything else it tweeted and am too tired. 😴
PS: I'm pretty sure we all knew that the video of supposed Taliban dancing to Drake's “In my Feelings” and the "violent but mostly peaceful transfer of power" photoshopped CNN chyron are... not real.
The current pinned tweet of the "Civilian Casualty Prevention and Complaints Commission of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" contains WhatsApp numbers to contact various provincial directors. US social media platforms are being used as a Taliban communications network.
Account was created on July 8, 2021 and has tweeted 40 tweets, 32 in the past 48 hours. The link in the bio appears to be down right now but it was archived in the Wayback Machine multiple times, most recently on August 8, 2021: web.archive.org/web/2021080823…