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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
astroturfing as a service:
“We also identified real-world events that appeared to have been staged to provide ammunition that could be leveraged in social media campaigns. One case involved a fake protest staged outside a company headquarters on Regent Street, central London.
Three masked activists in baseball caps, sunglasses and masks filmed themselves waving placards… It is not possible to know who the clients were in any of the campaigns, or even what their objective was.”