A much-speculated vaccine rollout for 12-16 year olds has resulted in this campaign. What was once a group targeting parents has pivoted (and rebranded) to target children directly. 2/9
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What was astonishing was just how organised these groups are. Nichola - one of the organisers named in the report - has a spreadsheet of all Telegram members and their local area for leafleting and campaigning. 3/9
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While crowds of marchers spitting venom at journalists catches the news, thousands of concerned parents, many with backgrounds in HR and sales, have quietly built a remarkably robust campaign network. The pathway in is familiar; Save Our Children > QAnon > Great Reset. 4/9
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We contacted Nichola for comment but were ignored. Instead, she quietly posted this to the main Future Z Telegram group last night. 5/9pic.twitter.com/t2jDbXbfnR
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We also contacted the school she has personally campaigned at. They replied that they are a "politically neutral organisation" and won't be taking sides. The fact deliberate vaccine disinformation targeting kids is framed as "political" by a school is astonishing. 6/9
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This, however, speaks to a larger clear skew in anti-vax and covid-denialist beliefs. As the Save Our Children > QAnon > Great Reset pathway is inherently Right-leaning and explicitly partisan, it gives those who would rather avoid this issue the ability to swerve. 7/9
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Perhaps most concerning of all though is evidence that Future Z are not the only group doing this - just the most organised. We have seen evidence of flyering from a number of other orgs, and crossposting to wider campaign channels, often with 5 and 6 figure memberships. 8/9
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It is clear that these groups recognise schools as a key pressure-point in their propaganda campaigns, and there is a real risk that this could do for Great Reset narratives what Save Our Children did for QAnon. Schools have a duty of care to take this issue seriously. 9/9
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