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Rest of World / Laurence Blair
/ Sep 1“On one level, the apparent spread of the 5G conspiracy theory from London and Lima into Chopcca villages reflected the community’s connectedness to the outside world. But it also supercharged their mistrust of external interference. Videos from the scene show one of the engineers trying to convince the angry villagers of the usefulness of the internet. ‘We heard on a social network that they’re going to install a 5G antenna,’ national broadcaster RPP reported Chopcca Community President Escobar as saying soon after the hilltop confrontation unfolded. ‘We’re not going to allow it.'” —
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