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There were also separate groups listed for various cities: Los Angeles (organized by a page, “ American Revolution 2.0,” which was created on April 10 2020) New Orleans and two groups created by the same user covering Jacksonville and Tampa in Florida.īoth a group and an event listed for Kentucky are no longer active on Facebook. The date of creation listed for a Kentucky group actually preceded the demonstrations by one day.
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The groups cover several areas: states such as Maine Missouri North Carolina an Oklahoma “public” group without any listed posts or members as well as groups in Pennsylvania and Tennessee. The events were not only amplified by right-wing media, but in the case of the “gridlock” protest in Lansing, Michigan also supported by the far right Proud Boys and organized by another group reportedly funded by the family of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.
OPERATION GRIDLOCK SERIES
We found several groups using the “Operation Gridlock” name created either on the same day or within 24 hours before or after the series of demonstrations of the same name that were spotted on Apto attack social distancing orders or guidelines.
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Advertisements Facebook groups supporting or organizing anti-government protests continued to appear on the platform in mid-April 2020, despite the platform reportedly shuttering at least two such events.