Users are falsely claiming that Black Lives Matter and Antifa have disappeared or been laid-off, implying that the groups were hired for the 2020 presidential election. There is no evidence to support this.<\/p>\n
Examples can be seen here and here .<\/p>\n
The text in one post reads: Has anyone heard from Antifa or BLM lately or, were they laid-off after the election?<\/p>\n
Reuters Fact Check previously debunked the claim that both groups disappeared in March 2021 (here). These claims echo conspiracy-linked narratives that Antifa and BLM are not real movements, but actors or a faade for greater occult forces.<\/p>\n
The summer of 2020 saw the United States biggest protests for racial justice and civil rights in a generation, giving a global profile to the BLM movement. The protests were sparked on May 25 by the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed after a white police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes here .<\/p>\n
Since then, the group has been active on social media twitter.com\/Blklivesmatter , here and here . There have been news updates on its website blacklivesmatter.com\/news\/ .<\/p>\n
Examples of Black Lives Matter protests, rallies and demonstrations that took place since March can be seen in Reuters photographs here , here , here , here and here .<\/p>\n
Antifa is an amorphous movement whose adherents oppose people or groups they consider authoritarian or racist, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which monitors extremists. Antifa aims to intimidate and dissuade racists, but its aggressive tactics, including physical confrontations, can create a vicious, self-defeating cycle of attacks, counter-attacks and blame, the ADL said here .<\/p>\n
The group has also not disappeared since the election or since March 2021, when Reuters last addressed these claims.<\/p>\n
Antifa protesters clashed with the proud boys group in Portland, Oregon on Aug. 7, 2021 at a gathering hosted by anti-LGBT and anti-COVID pastor Artur Pawlowski, as reported by Insider here and the Portland Tribune here .<\/p>\n
Two anonymous members appeared in an interview with ABC News earlier on May 5, 2021 here to discuss violence and protests in Portland.<\/p>\n
False. Black Lives Matter and Antifa did not disappear or get laid-off after the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n
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