How the Farm Industry Spied on Animal Rights Activists and Pushed the FBI to Treat Them as Bioterrorists

https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-wmdd-dxe-animal-agriculture-alliance/

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.

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timewarp@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

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