During last month more than 50 vandalizing of 5G towers and equipment in UK, about 20 in the Netherlands, Ireland, Cyprus and Belgium were detected, more than 80 telecommunication engineers were attacked.
Aggressive anti-5G narratives have been shared hundreds of thousands of times on Twitter, Facebook, Telegram and other social media, usually through anti-vaccination, alt-right and ultra-left groups. Centers of disinformation spreading are Russian governmental media agencies and Russia-based network communities.
Right extremist’s 5g poster "These Are the Kinds of Things That Make 5G Towers Heat Up"
Right extremist’s 5g poster "Bad news for beers"
For the dissemination of the most aggressive narratives and calls to infrastructure destruction the far-right networks and communities usually is exploring. “5G is fatally harmful for human's immunity and health; but the key problem is that it will be used to spy in our houses like any military radar would do, making people the defenseless targets for corrupted politicians and corrupted journalists” – radical propaganda says. Another narrative links communication and pandemic: “5G is driving the COVID-19 epidemic” – say radicals. “if you really think about your health and security you must do everything possible to the entire 5G infrastructure should be dismantled and turned off” – the propaganda concluded.
