Astroturfing
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Astroturfing | |
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Type | propaganda |
Interest of | HBGary |
Rolling out of fake grassroots movements |
Examples
Page name | Description |
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38 Degrees | British Avaaz. |
Center for Medicine in the Public Interest | "nonprofit, non-partisan" big pharma astroturf |
Conservative Inc. | "Big Con enforce the guidelines of Big Tech and punish conservatives on their behalf" |
Patriot Front | American white nationalist group that bears many hallmarks of an FBI entrapment operation, setting the stage for a false flag terrorism event |
Sock puppet | A person or online persona whose actions are controlled by somebody else. |
Related Document
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:Not All Propaganda is Equal | Article | 30 May 2012 | Barrett Brown |
An official example
Name |
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Best for Britain |
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