new orleans Someone paid actors to support an energy company at public hearings in New Orleans Jason Weisberger

scholarship Algorithms can write fake reviews that humans rate as "helpful" Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Take the Pew Future of the Internet Survey Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Paolo Bacigalupi's "The Doubt Factory" Cory Doctorow

COVID-19 Is anyone surprised?: "Reopen America" is an astroturf campaign Gareth Branwyn

corruption Health industry lobbyists are posing as "ordinary citizens who don't want Medicare for All" Cory Doctorow

web theory China's new army of nationalist trolls is an all-volunteer force Cory Doctorow

net neutrality The anti-Net Neutrality bots that flooded the FCC impersonated dead people Cory Doctorow

corruption The FCC will not disregard anti-Net Neutrality comments left by identity-stealing bots Cory Doctorow

scholarship The first-ever close analysis of leaked astroturf comments from China's "50c party" reveal Beijing's cybercontrol strategy Cory Doctorow