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CBC also found Facebook accounts tied to people in Indonesia, Pakistan and India posting in Alberta separatist groups.
Some were even reportedly paid through Meta.
www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
This isn’t only about grifters monetizing political discord either. Though that is plenty bad on its own.
It’s about platforms that structurally reward this behaviour.
Outrage travels. Division pays dividends. It’s “authentic” until someone gets busted.
(And thank goodness for CBC and MEO)
When the topic is separation, sovereignty, or annexation... these aren’t small stakes.
It doesn’t always have to persuade people either. Though it’s plenty damaging when it does.
Eroding trust in civil dialogue, in institutions, and in each other works just as well.
Two common themes:
1. People faking being local, or stealing local content.
2. Then pushing it into Canadian political conversations to make money.
That is not civil debate. It's monetized manipulation.
It's not that Albertans shouldn't have a conversation about Alberta’s future. They should.
People can be frustrated. People can organize. People can push for change.
That is democracy.
