White Rose (disinformation group)
The White Rose is a group that runs a stickering campaign to distribute disinformation and conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic. Its name is a misleading appropriation of that of the anti-Nazi White Rose group, to which it is unrelated. Stickers distributed by the group include anti-vaccine and anti-mask messages, denials that the COVID-19 pandemic exists, and conspiracy theories about a New World Order. The group is organized around a Telegram group that is used to distribute templates for stickers, which followers print out using label printers and post in public places. The  stickers in turn contain URLs which lead back to websites controlled by the group, drawing in new members in a feedback process. Other downloadable templates mimic the appearance of official documents and carry QR codes linking to websites controlled by the group. The group operates in multiple countries, including the United Kingdom, United States, New Zealand and Germany. Some of their stickering activities have been directed at Jewish communities in Australia. By January 2022, their Telegram group had nearly 60,000 members. A variety of other conspiracy theories are associated with the group's Telegram chat, including links to sovereign citizen  ideology and white supremacist groups, and antisemitic tropes about "powerful globalists". In April 2021, a woman in Wythenshawe, England, was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after posting White Rose stickers in the town's centre.