5G conspiracy theorist unmasked
A man claiming to be a former Vodafone executive and claiming to expose the truth about 5G and vaccines in a video widely shared online is an evangelical pastor from Luton, in the UK.
The Guardian has revealed the man's identity as Jonathon James, a pastor who has preached at churches in Bedfordshire, adding he is the same person who recently tried to convince people in Zimbabwe to use cryptocurrency in their economy.
A recording went viral worldwide at the end of March. In it, the supposed “Vodafone executive” claimed the Covid-19 pandemic was a cover-up of a global plot to install 5G phone masts, track the world's population through vaccines and end society as we know it.
“It has nothing to do with biological warfare but is our bodies reacting to radiofrequency radiation,” he says in the 38-minute recording shared by millions.
“They are using coronavirus to try to hide the fact that people are dying from the 5G frequency.”
He says he managed to put the information together thanks to a blessing from God.
His recording coincided with reports of people burning down phone masts and other telecommunications equipment.
YouTube has deleted many versions of his recording, but new uploads continue to emerge. It has also been shared widely via WhatsApp.
In the clip, James claims to have been the head of the largest business unit at Vodafone, which gave him inside knowledge on the supposed tracking technologies.
The Guardian found James did work for Vodafone but as a sales person and for less than a year in 2014, when 5G was not even a priority for the telco yet.