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YouTube continues to rule Baudet: no censorship according to judge
Thierry Baudet accuses YouTube of censorship because his corona-critical videos have been removed. But according to the judge, that is not the case. The video platform can remove videos of the politician if it wants to.
Wybren van Haga has lost the wappie voice again
The demonstration doesn't start until 12 noon, but more than an hour earlier it is already bustling on the Dam in Amsterdam. This Sunday, dozens of organizations demonstrate against the corona policy.
After 'censorship' of YouTube, Baudet goes to court, but whether he can win is the question
Thierry Baudet is in court today opposite YouTube, because he accuses the video platform of 'censorship'. Although legal scholars doubt that this is true, is the case an interesting one?: how far does the website's power extend now that it has removed the Forum leader's speeches?
Former FVD member Johan Talsma joins Belang van Nederland
Former FVD member Johan Talsma is the second Frisian director to become a member of Belang van Nederland. Wybren van Haga .'s new political party. Earlier this week it was the Frisian dairy farmer Nynke Koopmans who made the switch.
Councilor Nynke Koopmans van Tytsjerksteradiel joins Wybren van Haga and leaves Forum for Democracy behind
Dairy farmer Nynke Koopmans from Lytse Geast near Tytsjerk joins Belang van Nederland, the party of Wybren of Haga.
Johan Talsma leaves FVD: “Forumland is a Teletubbieland”
Johan Talsma from Dokkum gets out of Forum for Democracy. In Noordoost Fryslân, Talsma is representing the ELP (First Local Party) the board, maar sinds 2016 Talsma was nationally affiliated with Thierry Baudet. “At some point it will stop”, says Talsma. He no longer agrees with Baudet's ideas.
Bewilderment in the Binnenhof about Thierry Baudet; he withdraws more and more into his own reality
Forum for Democracy was once the largest party in the country, but politics is now at most a side issue for Thierry Baudet. He withdraws more and more into his own reality.
Forum campaign hero left disappointed: "Thierry decided everything"
Only a good three months ago, Wouter Verbraak from Roosendaal was euphoric. As one of the organizers behind the Forum for Democracy campaign, he had just finished celebrating the equally large and unexpected seat win.. Now he has left the party and joins Wybren van Haga. “Thierry decided everything alone.”
Eric de Bie switches from Forum to Groep Van Haga
Eric de Bie, who was provincial administrator on behalf of Forum for Democracy, makes the switch to the group of Groep Van Haga. In March, De Bie resigned his duties within the FVD, because of all the unrest around the party. After much deliberation, the politician has decided to leave the party for good.
Baudet wants to expand the party into a kind of closed society: own currency, dating app and schools
Thierry Baudet alludes to its own Forum cryptocurrency, as part of the 'Forumland' that he wants to shape as a kind of pillar. that idea, that posted a long time ago, becomes more and more concrete concrete.
Resigned Gelderland party chairman FVD speaks out: "Clumsy and unwise of Baudet to bring in war"
The resigned Gelderse Forum leader Arjan de Kok from Noordeinde (Municipality of Oldebroek) could no longer handle the way party leader Thierry Baudet consciously creates a fuss, even if he agrees with him. ,,You don't become a broad people's party if you keep chasing everyone.”
Brabant provincial council claps, VVD and CDA no longer want FvD v
The VVD and the CDA in North Brabant have canceled the collaboration with coalition partner Forum for Democracy and Groep Rutjens. Coalition partner Local Brabant also sees no point in a collaboration with FvD.
Baudet and Van Haga remain friends, says Forum leader: "I gave him a hug yesterday"
The split of three members of the House of Representatives already seemed old news at the first Forum manifestation after the split today. The message from party leader Baudet is:: The fight against the corona policy continues. ,,And we're not going to argue."
Party chairman Forum for Democracy in Gelderland resigns
After the House of Representatives Van Haga, Smolders and Ephraim also turns their backs on party leader Arjan de Kok of Forum for Democracy in Gelderland. “It's a tough decision”, he says to Omroep Gelderland.
Baudet sees Forum for Democracy disintegrating, three MPs leave
Thierry Baudet sees Forum for Democracy falling apart. Wybren of Haga, Olaf Ephraim and Hans Smolders (the numbers 2, 3 en 4 of the group) break with the party leader. The trio continues independently in the House of Representatives. It reports that Brabants Dagblad.
Van Haga again spreads disinformation from anti-Semitic conspiracy website
Member of Parliament Wybren from Haga (FVD) has once again shared fake news from an openly anti-Semitic website on Twitter. Where he previously retweeted an openly anti-Semitic account and later spread fear and gross inaccuracies about the Israeli vaccination program in the Chamber, he now came up with a garish tweet about side effects of corona vaccines based on an anti-Semitic conspiracy website.
From Fortuyn's driver to the writer of a sensational novel: a colorful procession of faithful enters the Chamber with Baudet
Contrary to previous expectations, Forum for Democracy has grown rapidly. Who should occupy all seats in the House of Representatives??
These are the attackers of politicians and journalists
Who are the people who harass journalists and politicians in the name of "resistance" to corona measures? By them physically, to harass verbally and online, frame them as "child molesters" and distribute their residential addresses? I looked them up for an answer to that question. Welcome to the world of the extreme right, complotdenkers, militant peasants and hooligans.
Candidate List Van Haga, Smolders and Vlaardingerbroek want to join the FvD Chamber
In addition to Joost Eerdmans, the independent member of parliament Wybren van Haga, who was expelled from the VVD, and the Tilburg local politician Hans Smolders, are also high on the Forum for Democracy candidate list for the March elections.
Analysis: The fight on the right – A double landslide on the radical right: why does Wilders suddenly do it again (a lot) beter and baudet?
Thierry Baudet seemed like Geert Wilder's beginning 2019 as the main interpreter of the radical right-wing sound in Dutch politics. A year and a half and a pandemic later, the roles are completely reversed. How is that possible? "Baudet wants to be adored. It's almost tragic. "
QAnon - Beyond the madness
A far-right conspiracy theory is gaining an increasing and more dangerous following in the US. President Donald Trump and the Republican party play into the hands of the QAnon movement and politicians in the Netherlands also flirt with it. Of course anti-Semitism lies close to the surface.
Column Loes Reijmer – A conspiracy thinker visiting the Lower House? In 2020 is that possible
No, he had nothing to do with delusions. Member of Parliament Wybren van Haga, also owner of real estate company Sjopperdepop BV, raised his hands to his head, a dramatic gesture in which viewers had to see empathy. "On the one hand, you have people who have delusions. They are just there. "
Research – The BVs of a Member of Parliament – "All supervision is missing"
Member of Parliament Gidi Markuszower (PVV) runs a company that recovers VAT for multinationals. He earns at least a thousand euros a month with that. Members of parliament are hardly checked for their additional positions.
Comrade Van Haga is celebrating his independence at Forum
Wybren van Haga shakes hands. He does. A year ago he was expelled from the VVD faction, four months ago he became a member of the Forum for Democracy. We would talk about that. But now, by that outstretched hand, we immediately end up in corona.
A gift from Washington
Forum for Democracy organized a party meeting at the American embassy in The Hague, hosted by Ambassador Pete Hoekstra. This is at odds with international treaties.
Investigate Corona conspiracies – "We are the new news"
With the outbreak of corona an information chemistry also broke out. Conspiracy thinkers of the old school merge online with hip influencers with a reach of millions, according to research together with the Utrecht Data School. It only takes one superspreader to keep an avalanche of conspiracies going on.
Former VVD MP Van Haga becomes a member of the Forum for Democracy
Independent Member of Parliament Wybren van Haga joined the Forum for Democracy. He calls it nice to Forum that it is an unorthodox party.
Publications
How Forum Politicians Reinforce Anti-Semitism on Twitter
Qualitative and Quantitative Research on Anti-Semitism in Accounts Retweeted by FVD PoliticiansThis investigation looks at the retweets of anti-Semitic accounts by FVDers.
Conclusion from this report:
FVD politicians retweet and like tweets from anti-Semitic accounts significantly more often
or tweets with an anti-Semitic undertone than politicians from other parties. From the
qualitative analysis shows that the two main categories in the antisemitic
tweets from these accounts are “hardcore” and “diffuse” anti-Semitism. The first kind
explicitly targets Jews and is part of the core message of the
accounts. The second is characterized by anti-Semitic stereotypes and
story motifs, but is intertwined with other conspiracy theories such as QAnon and
de Great Reset.
The quantitative analysis shows that no Dutch political party
standalone 'hardcore antisemitism' tweet. Do retweet and like Forum politicians
for Democracy almost five times more often tweets from 'hardcore anti-Semitic' accounts
than random Twitter users (this concerns in particular not explicit
anti-Semitic tweets from accounts that are structurally “hardcore anti-Semitic”
spread tweets). Retweet or like other Dutch political parties like this
good as never tweets from 'hardcore antisemitic' accounts. Forum retweet and like
average 33 ‘hardcore antisemitische’ tweets per 5000 tweets, retweets en likes.
For the random set, this number is 9, for the PVV on 1 and for everyone else
parties on 0. In addition, follow 17 from 36 FvD-accounts 1 or more ‘hardcore
antisemitic' accounts. For example, for the PVV, this number is 'only' at 1 en
for other parties on 0.
In addition, there is no less than more than 10 percent of all Twitter activity
of the investigated FVD politicians from liking and retweeting 'diffuse'
antisemitic' accounts. For the PVV this number is 2 percent, for the
random set at just under 1 percent and for all other parties on 0. Ook
FVD spreads most of the Holocaust comparisons and tweets that use alt-right jargon
contain (slang linked to anti-Semitic fringe media). Only for the category
'anti-Israel' we find the highest activity in the party THINK. THINK likes and
retweet average 9 ‘anti-Israel’-tweets per 5000 likes en retweets. For Bij1, D66,
FVD, GL and the random set is this number on 1. For PVV and SGP on 0.