Astroturfing

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Lobbying campaigns disguised as ordinary constituent messages | Dead Internet Theory

Dead Internet Theory: Constituent messages can influence how lawmakers perceive local concern, which makes forged or centrally manufactured letters especially deceptive when they are presented as independent voices from a district.

Distinguishing grassroots mobilization from deceptive astroturfing | Dead Internet Theory

Dead Internet Theory: Grassroots movements can be highly organized; the stronger astroturf case depends on concealed sponsorship, invented participants, impersonation, or other evidence that apparent independent public support was manufactured.