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Re:Five major Canadian banks mysteriously go offline in hour... by ufmace on Thursday February 17, 2022 @12:17PM (#30375776)
Exactly what conspiracy theory would you be referring to? The one just published by the Canadian Broadcasing Corporation telling their readers that "Banks are moving to freeze accounts linked to convoy protests" less than 24 hours ago?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/emergencies-act-banks-ottaw...

Should we call it a "conspiracy theory" when people take rational reactions to articles published on major news sites, like taking all of their money out of banks out of fear that they might be labelled a "designated person" to be frozen out of all financial services?

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Re:Five major Canadian banks mysteriously go offline in hour... by bawolff on Thursday February 17, 2022 @12:39PM (#30376095)
The conspiracy part is that freezing accounts related to illegal activity, a really common thing to do, is somehow related to the downtime. We all know that some people who have been funding illegal activity are getting their account frozen; that's not the disputed part.
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Re:Five major Canadian banks mysteriously go offline in hour... by TurkishPoptart on Thursday February 17, 2022 @01:37PM (#30376832)
It shouldn't be illegal to peacefully protest.
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Re:Five major Canadian banks mysteriously go offline in hour... by bawolff on Thursday February 17, 2022 @03:43PM (#30378386)
It isn't illegal to peacefully protest. The illegal activity is not the "peaceful protest" aspect.
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