https://www.businessinsider.com/whatsapp-facebook-data-signal-download-telegram-encrypted-messaging-2021-1?utm_campaign=sf-insider-design

'Nothing to see here?'

Exb a.

Signal known use among bad actors. Signal known download spikes pre-bad actor ops similar to how Q goes dark during good guy ops. Examples known/Signal: 2016 election results, George Floyd, now/this. Q has posted about this as well.

Exb b.

Timeline

Bad actors know need for ops (stupidly think can bypass NSA via Signal)

Bad actors know need to mass acquire Signal

Bad actors know need 'public' excuse for mass increase Signal downloads

Bad actors own/control parent company FB/LL

FB/LL on behalf of bad actors suddenly decides for some idiotic reason that soon they will begin sharing data with FB

Public disclosure of above used to manufacture fake news concern trolling re free speech

Fake news push creates appearance organic rise in downloads Signal (US IC / future prosecution possibility plausible deniability)

Just thinking out loud