The fundraiser web page of the Canadian Trucker protesters or "Freedom Convoy," which has been protesting over COVID-19 vaccine mandates and different pandemic restrictions, has been frozen and seems to have been hacked.

Protesters had raised greater than $8 million of funding to help their trigger, as they blockade roads within the Canadian capital Ottawa and in Windsor, one other metropolis in Ontario. The protests, which have been related to the anti-vaccination motion and the far-right, have gathered momentum all around the world.

The demonstrations started as a protest in opposition to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's requirement for truckers to quarantine if they're unvaccinated and cross the border with the U.S. However because the protests have grown, they've additionally been rallying in opposition to wider COVID-19 restrictions, resembling lockdowns and having to put on masks. Many individuals have been arrested as police have tried to disperse the protesters.

Earlier on Monday, Mikael Thalen, a reporter for the Every day Dot, tweeted that the right-wing Christian crowdfunding web site GiveSendGo, which hosted the Freedom Convoy fundraiser, was redirecting to the area GiveSendGone[.]wtf.

A video from the Disney movie Frozen was set as a backdrop to a press release condemning the web site and the Freedom Convoy.

Thalen mentioned that a file allegedly containing tens of 1000's of names of Freedom Convoy donors has additionally been leaked, however that has not been verified.

The web site now results in a clean white web page saying "Utility underneath upkeep we will probably be again very quickly."

Newsweek has contacted the organizers of the convoy for remark.

On Sunday, a Canadian decide issued an injunction blocking cash for the protesters. The Ontario Superior Court docket of Justice issued an order halting entry to funds collected through the GiveSendGo web site, International Information reported.

On February 5, GoFundMe took down a fundraising web page accepting donations to help the truck drivers within the convoy.

It comes solely days after the official Twitter account for the Freedom Convoy was completely suspended from the social media website. A spokesperson instructed Newsweek on February 8, the day of the suspension, that the account was completely banned for violating Twitter guidelines on ban evasion.

The protests began in western Canada in January, descending on the capital Ottawa on January 28 and blocking town's predominant roads, inflicting chaos and disruption for the final two weeks.

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson declared a state of emergency within the metropolis on February 6, whereas Trudeau has condemned the protests.

The protest motion has seen its recognition rise globally, and has unfold to a number of nations together with France, New Zealand, the U.Ok. and the U.S.

Canadian truckers in Buffalo
Protesters in opposition to Covid-19 vaccine mandates collect in solidarity with Canadian truckers close to the Niagara Peace Bridge in Buffalo, New York, on February 12, 2022. The fundraiser web page of the Canadian trucker protesters, “Freedom Convoy,” has been frozen and seems to have been hacked.Dustin Franz