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State sponsored Internet propaganda

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State-sponsored internet sockpuppetry is a government's use of paid internet propagandists with the intention of swaying online opinion, undermining dissident communities, or changing the perception of what is the dominant view (often via astroturfing).

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The following is a list of the known or alleged examples of state-sponsored Internet propaganda:

Asia-Pacific

  •  China: Internet Water Army, 50 Cent Party, in operation since October 2004
  •  Singapore:

    • Europe, the Middle East and Africa

  •  Russia:
  •  Ukraine: iArmy, a volunteer operation established in February 2015 by Ukraine’s Ministry of Information Policy
  •  Turkey: 6.000 paid social media commentators known as "AK Trolls" mainly spreading pro-Erdogan propaganda and attack those opposing Erdogan.
  •  United Kingdom: "Online Covert Action" and other missions by the Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group, revealed by Edward Snowden in February 2014.

    • Americas

  •  United States:

    • References

    State-sponsored Internet propaganda Wikipedia
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