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The Strategy

Overall, the primary strategy of the infiltrators is to undermine the strength and unity of the health freedom movement. Their strategy towards that end entails:
1. Infiltrate and co-opt the health freedom movement
2. Harvest information on participants in the health freedom movement
3. Steer and guide groups in the health freedom movement toward radical right-wing extremism and violence ...

Appendix 2 examines in detail the methods of how one group in particular has managed through the Telegram platform to penetrate a large number of groups in the United States. An overview of the tactics entail:
1. Mimic existing groups
2. Target group owners and install bots
3. Take charge of content that can be shared
4. Steer the group into unproductive channels
5. Implement damage control when exposed
6. Harvest private data and movement information