BrainWorms

1830 readers

1 users here now

Hey, welcome to BrainWorms.

This is a place where I post interesting things that I find and cant categorize into one of the main subs I follow. Enjoy a front seat as i descend into madness

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

DeadWorld@lemm.ee

How the Farm Industry Spied on Animal Rights Activists and Pushed the FBI to Treat Them as Bioterrorists (www.wired.com)

submitted 8 months ago by DeadWorld@lemm.ee to c/brainworms@lemm.ee

1 comments fedilink hide all child comments

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45863466

For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. Records reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a “bioterrorism” threat.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Because these trade groups livelihoods are centered around animal abuse. What scares them the most is their propaganda losing effectiveness.