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To Survive The Coronavirus’ Second Wave, We Will Have To Agree On What Happened During The First Astroturfing

To Survive The Coronavirus’ Second Wave, We Will Have To Agree On What Happened During The First

BuzzFeed News; Getty Images BuzzFeed News has reporters across five continents bringing you trustworthy stories about the impact of the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, become a member and sign up for our newsletter, Outbreak Today.CDC Director Robert Redfield dropped a bombshell in an interview last week with…
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April 29, 2020
Covid-19 coronavirus: The right-wing groups behind the US anti-lockdown protests Astroturfing

Covid-19 coronavirus: The right-wing groups behind the US anti-lockdown protests

At an anti-lockdown protest in Richmond, the capital of Virginia, last week, demonstrators wielded signs saying "I'm essential" and "Let me work". The wording for those signs was not entirely spontaneous. It was suggested in a "planning guide" provided by FreedomWorks, a conservative group based in Washington advocating for less…
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April 28, 2020
How the COVID-19 crisis is accelerating a global shift to authoritarianism Astroturfing

How the COVID-19 crisis is accelerating a global shift to authoritarianism

I’ve spent the past few semesters teaching seminars on democracy, populism, and authoritarianism. It is not an exaggeration to say that the coronavirus pandemic represents a fresh challenge to democracy, not just in the United States, but across the world. Events of recent years – Brexit, the election of President…
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April 27, 2020
Revealed: How the US gun lobby exploits the coronavirus pandemic to further its aims [barf alert] Astroturfing

Revealed: How the US gun lobby exploits the coronavirus pandemic to further its aims [barf alert]

Skip to comments. Revealed: How the US gun lobby exploits the coronavirus pandemic to further its aims Deutsche Welle ^ | 04.24.2020 | Jordan Wildon Posted on 04/25/2020 10:30:31 AM PDT by Olog-hai A DW investigation has found that protest groups in various US states against recent coronavirus lockdown measures…
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April 25, 2020
Michigan conservatives hail protest success – and set sights on Trump’s re-election Astroturfing

Michigan conservatives hail protest success – and set sights on Trump’s re-election

Photograph: Seth Herald/ReutersIt started with a Zoom call.Five members of the Michigan Conservative Coalition – a rightwing non-profit with ties to the Trump administration – decided they needed to do something to protest against Michigan’s stay-at-home order, designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus.Related: US anti-lockdown rallies could cause…
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April 25, 2020
Report: Domains Promoting Resistance to COVID-19 Orders Tied to One Owner Astroturfing

Report: Domains Promoting Resistance to COVID-19 Orders Tied to One Owner

A report published today by DomainTools, a provider of cyberthreat intelligence tools and services, details how one small group of activists is allegedly employing astroturfing techniques to create the appearance of a nationwide grassroots effort through multiple domain sites calling for the reopening of businesses that have been closed in…
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April 24, 2020