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Phone towers tumble in ‘incredibly dangerous’ spate of attacks (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A government briefing paper estimates telecommunications companies spent almost $8 million in 2020 repairing damage caused by 5G conspiracy theorists, including replacing towers and other communications infrastructure

The vandalism was one of at least 11 similar attacks in NSW this year. Vandals remove nuts from the bolts that secure the towers to the ground, causing them to eventually topple.

WTF ??? Who does this ?

(archive link for those who run into paywall issues)

https://archive.md/f4qWO

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Damn cookers.

I don't need 5G towers either, since I got vaccinated.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Incredible that they are still doing this 🤡🤡🤡

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Same people that want to fight emergency services that try to help them. Hate to have my last phone call to a dying relative cut short because some fuckwit believes what they read on social media.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I imagine the source (telegram troll farms?) of these 5g conspiracy theories must be having a good laugh at the algorithm victims doing this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Where are all the 3G conspiracy theorists??! Did they just vanish when 4G came out?

And the 4G conspiracy theorists, where are they now?

Hmm ...