Labour on the take again. And donations to the party from big business are not in the public interest.

https://www.theferret.scot/scottish-labour-astroturf-nuclear/

#Labour #ScottishLabour #BranchParty #Donations #VestedInterests #Corruption #Astroturfing #ScotPol

Scottish Labour donation linked to ‘astroturf’ nuclear campaign

Anas Sarwar's party accepted over £7,000 from Stonehaven, a lobbying firm which represents the owner of Scotland's last nuclear power station. Scottish Labour has sought to make nuclear power a battleground in the May election.

The Ferret

🛡️ How to turn hate into a shield against criticism 🛡️

Hanna Zdanowska publishes vile hate comments, then builds "besieged fortress" narrative. The mechanism:

• Abusive trolls = entry to the container
• Bots/Russia/Konfederacja = container expansion
• "Attack on the City" = shield vs questions

Where's the CERT/NASK paper trail? We're asking.

https://dadalo.pl/en/posts/zdanowska-poisoning-the-well-deconstruction/

#Łódź #Zdanowska #Poland #UrbanPolitics #Astroturfing #Disinformation #PoliticalPR #HateSpeech #MediaAnalysis #PRLessons

Turning Hate into a Shield: Deconstructing Hanna Zdanowska's Narrative

President Zdanowska uses real online abuse to shield herself from legitimate criticism. An analysis of the 'poisoning the well' technique and why the lack of cyber-incident reports matters.

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Interesting, seems to me someone is running a campaign over on Bsky to convince certain ethnicities/nationalities to go back to X and or go to Threads... perhaps to keep them in the algorithm? There was a bit of that on the Fedi awhile. (a lot of those types of accounts on Twitter have been shown to have been run offshort, to try to influence US public policy, etc.) #disinformation #astroturfing

[P] Whuf.

Court: Krafton is corrupt, entirely in the wrong, and must rehire UWE leaders.
Subnautica Subreddit: UWE leaders bad! Something something bad court!

Yeah, corporate astrlturfing definitely isn't a huge problem that Reddit has. /s I don't understand why anyone uses Reddit, almost all subs are turfed to hell and back. It's more likely for a sub to be turfed than not at this point. It's very Dead Internet.

#psych9logy #subnautica #reddit #astroturfing #corruption #deadinternettheory

MS NOW: Dark money group offers influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidate. “A week out from a crowded and contentious Democratic primary in Illinois’s 9th Congressional District, Amanda Informed, an online influencer in Florida received an email with an offer: one negative post about candidate Kat Abughazaleh on Instagram and TikTok, for $1,500.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/15/ms-now-dark-money-group-offers-influencers-1500-for-posts-attacking-chicago-democratic-primary-candidate/

WARNING: the #fediverse is not immune to #blackface #astroturfing; especially in the age of #AI.

just blocked an AIslopped account literally invoking the same Bernie Sanders grievances of the last 20 years, with a guest apperance of corporatist dems new target, Zohran Mamdani.

the #USApol consultant ecosystem is a special kind of grifting hell. they are sociopaths who don't care about political parties, only how much money they can make wrecking havoc.

block them with prejudice.

Oh look, another groundbreaking exposé on the complexities of #online astroturfing—right after you solve the Herculean task of enabling JavaScript! 😅🌐 Who knew the real #disinformation was the #cookies we accepted along the way? 🍪🤦‍♂️
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01914537221108467 #astroturfing #JavaScript #technews #HackerNews #ngated

Techdirt: 37,000 Fake AI Comments Mysteriously Oppose Washington State’s Effort To Tax The Rich. ” Washington State has been exploring the RADICAL SOCIALIST ANTIFA EXTREMIST idea of having the state’s rich actually pay their taxes. That’s not been received particularly well by the extraction class, which has been making empty promises about leaving the state. Recently the state opened up […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/13/techdirt-37000-fake-ai-comments-mysteriously-oppose-washington-states-effort-to-tax-the-rich/
Techdirt: 37,000 Fake AI Comments Mysteriously Oppose Washington State’s Effort To Tax The Rich

Techdirt: 37,000 Fake AI Comments Mysteriously Oppose Washington State’s Effort To Tax The Rich. ” Washington State has been exploring the RADICAL SOCIALIST ANTIFA EXTREMIST idea of having th…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Its hilarious watching the hater bots calling the positive posts about starfleet academy bots

The reality is both could be bots and the internet is dead.

Loud "fandom" doesn't in the end really reflect anything, and I hope the suits actually understand that

#startrek #StarFleetAcademy #haters #shills #astroturfing #scifi #fandom #deadinternet #bots #wearebots #wearegroot

Unbelievable Pedo Trump White House staffer secretly ran Johnny MAGA (300K followers) — pushing racist propaganda & admin talking points while on the payroll. This isn’t MAGA supporters. This is government-funded astroturfing. Propaganda with a badge.🚨 #TrumpWatch #PropagandaExposed #Astroturfing