Chantelle Baker

 ( Living People ) 

After the Police dispersed the protesters from the New Zealand Parliament's grounds on 3 March 2022, Chantelle claimed that fires started by protesters were started by police and agent provocateurs. Following the Wellington parliament protest, Baker continued sharing information on social media that conflicted with public health advice and expressed support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

In mid-August 2022, Meta Platforms disabled Baker's Facebook page for violating their policy of sharing misinformation that could lead to harm. Meta did not suspend Baker's Instagram profile, which she continued to use to communicate with her followers. Baker has claimed that both the Stuff media company and New Zealand Government conspired to deplatform her Facebook account.

In mid-October 2022, The Spinoff reported that Baker had established a new Facebook page that was part of a "new independent media group." That same month, The Spinoff reported that she had met and interviewed the Dutch far right politician Thierry Baudet and attended the Vienna leg of the Better Way Conference, an international gathering of conspiracy theorists. Baker also visited Ukraine including Odesa and Kyiv to cover the Russian invasion of Ukraine for the media group she was working for.

In December 2022, Baker and her media company Operation People co-produced a documentary with film studio Heanna Gain called We Came Here For Freedom Part I. The documentary looked at the events of 2022 Wellington protest from the perspective of the protesters and was written and directed by Alistair Harding. The second part was released in July and August 2023.