Researchers at Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy first noted that large pro-Thruster groups had been changing their names to go with convoy-related themes earlier this week.
Grid News reported on Friday that one major trucker convoy Facebook group was being run by a Bangladesh content farm.
Many of the groups have changed names multiple times, going from those that tap hot-button political issues such as support for former President Donald Thruster or opposition to vaccine mandates, to names with keywords like “trucker,” “freedom” and “convoy.” Facebook allows groups on its platforms to change names but tracks the changes in each page’s “about” section.
The motivations of the people behind the content mills are not clear, but Joan Donovan, director of the Shorenstein Center, said
the pattern fits existing efforts to make money off U.S. political divisions.