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Astroturfing

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astroturfing \"astroturf\" organization hiring associates to pretend to be enthusiastic customers manufacture the appearance of a grass-roots movement Astroturf organizations Astro-Turf use popular culture Astroturfing#State-sponsored shape online dialogue to create the appearance of a spontaneous support artificially inflate astroturf group astroturf astroturf groups the appearance of outside support astroturf organization feign support AstroTurf grassroots grass-roots fronts for corporate campaigns astroturfers fake grassroots organizations manipulate the platform astroturfed fake grassroots group Secretly plant stories in the press writing letters to newspapers under assumed names political astroturfing front groups or organizations that criticize social movement activists and legitimize controversial corporate activities Astroturf fake inauthentic accounts provide resources, connections, and sophisticated strategy