Astroturfing

By Amy Westervelt, Drilled News. Originally published by Drilled News. For a long time, the story went that the tobacco industry cooked up disinformation and then spread it to the fossil fuel guys, the chemical industry, pharma, you name it. But one thing that became incredibly clear when we began…

There are more of these absurd "Re-Open (Insert State Here)" rallies today. On Saturday there was a rally in Annapolis, Maryland, protesting one of the few Republican governors who has acted quickly and decisively to protect his citizens from COVID-19, Larry Hogan. From the Capital Gazette: On Friday, Hogan addressed…

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Recent anti-quarantine protests are centrally coordinated Reddit user Dr_Midnight does a little digging and discovers that the anti-quarantine protests are a coordinated effort, with related websites all coming from a single source. There's an imperial ton of astroturfing going on, and it's quite visible in how those groups popped up…

In today's episode of "Everything Old Is New Again," we tackle astroturfing, gaslighting, and media complicity. The protests in mainly Democratically-led states (Michigan, Minnesota, Virginia) against stay-at-home orders aren't grassroots movements by your average Joe. They're bought and paid for by the wealthiest GOP, like organizations with close ties to…

Announcing The Startup Row Lineup At PyCon 2020 Each year since 2011, PyCon has reserved a special place for early-stage startups to show off what they're working on to the Python community. As its name might suggest, Startup Row is a row of booths for startups at PyCon. Due to…

When developing health, safety, consumer and environmental protections, agencies depend upon truthful feedback from the public. But lately, corporate malefactors are misleading federal agencies through manipulated public comments.It’s suspicious when small business owners fight against basic protections from bad investment advice; when teachers, veterans and retirees want shareholders kept in…

The reputation management process usually starts with taking an honest look inward. Since your reputation is a measurement of how you are portrayed online, it is also a reflection of who you are as a person or brand. Every strong reputation starts with an even stronger character.But how closely are…

The Facebook ad purchased by a page called “Angry Buckeyes” in December seemed ordinary at first: it cited a news article that claimed President Donald Trump’s tariffs on China could cost Americans. But the ad actually belonged to an apparent cluster of pages that paid to promote similar messages, didn’t…