7 Apr 2022

Covid-19: Expert on online reaction to Bloomfield resignation

From Morning Report, 8:26 am on 7 April 2022

The occupation of parliament is over, renewed calls for more protests around the capital have resulted in small turnouts but a suggestion on air yesterday that Ashley Bloomfield be knight has resulted in thousands of texts simply saying "No" arriving in our text message system.

That would suggest anti-mandate protestors and conspiracy theorists have not gone away and their social media networks are still extyremely active.

Te Punaha Matatini's Disinformation Project researcher Sanjana Hattotuwa spoke to Morning Report.