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Astroturf campaigns

  • Astroturfing

Nature

Astroturfing is a corporate persuasion tool. Astroturf campaigns are fake grassroots uprisings. These movements are fronted by professional liars posing as activists, made to look like ordinary people, and are usually funded by corporations or other self-interested organizations.

Background

Astroturf is fake (synthetic) turf (grass).

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Fake news
Excellent

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(G) Very specific problems
Biological classification
N/A
Content quality
Unpresentable
 Unpresentable
Language
English
D7NID
240431
Last update
Oct 4, 2020