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Minneapolis Reconsiders, Drops Program To Pay Social Media Influencers During Chauvin Trial

Emily Zanotti
Minneapolis Reconsiders, Drops Program To Pay Social Media Influencers During Chauvin Trial
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, has already dropped a planned program to pay six social media influencers from the city’s minority communities to spread messages from city officials and to counter “misinformation” during Derek Chauvin’s murder trial next week after an extreme backlash.

The Daily Wire reported just Monday morning that the City Council had approved a $1 million grant for a “community engagement” effort aimed at preventing unrest.

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