Internet manipulation is the use of online digital technologies, including algorithms, social bots, and automated scripts, for commercial, social, military...

The dead Internet theory is a conspiracy theory which asserts that, due to a coordinated and intentional effort, the Internet now consists mainly of bot...

subtle way Crowd manipulation - use of crowd psychology to direct the behavior of a crowd toward a specific action Internet manipulation - co-opting of...

In psychology, manipulation is defined as an action designed to influence or control another person, usually in an underhanded or subtle manner which facilitates...

Media manipulation refers to orchestrated campaigns in which actors exploit the distinctive features of broadcasting mass communications or digital media...

State-sponsored Internet propaganda is Internet manipulation and propaganda that is sponsored by a state. States have used the Internet, particularly social...

forums. The practice of writing pseudonymous self-reviews began before the Internet. Writers Walt Whitman and Anthony Burgess wrote pseudonymous reviews of...

including rage-baiting and farming, is a form of media manipulation, specifically Internet manipulation. While the goal of some clickbait is to generate revenue...

news website Foreign exploitation of American race relations Internet manipulation Internet Water Army Netto-uyoku Operation Earnest Voice Public opinion...

decision-making Ideas bank Internet manipulation Issue tracking system Issue-based information system Knowledge society List of Internet forums Low-information...

adversarial activity in which actors employ strategic deceptions and media manipulation tactics to advance political, military, or commercial goals. Disinformation...

RUbots, Kremlinbots, or Kremlin trolls are state-sponsored anonymous Internet political commentators and trolls linked to the Russian government. Participants...

“astroturfing” often evokes images of corporate lobbying or political media manipulation, its function as a mechanism for manufacturing consent transcends liberal...

theory. According to the BBC, the allegations spread to "the mainstream internet" several days before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, after a Reddit...

deliberately misattributed to a historical or invented author Media manipulation – Techniques in which partisans create an image that favours their interests...

websites (also referred to as hoax news websites) are websites on the Internet that deliberately publish fake news—hoaxes, propaganda, and disinformation...

civic discourse" and making people more vulnerable to "propaganda and manipulation." He wrote: A world constructed from the familiar is a world in which...

troublemakers: A global inventory of organized social media manipulation". Oxford Internet Institute, Working Paper 2017.12. Cabreza, Vincent (May 29,...

Cent Army or wumao (/ˈwuːmaʊ/; from Chinese: 五毛; lit. 'five dimes'), are Internet commentators who are paid by the authorities of the People's Republic of...

medical treatments to treat them.[citation needed] Internet urban legends are those spread through the internet, as through Usenet or email or more recently...

they must pay the Internet water army to screen and delete the negative comments. Governmental programs of social media manipulation are found worldwide...

Digital technology enhance well-established traditional methods of manipulation with public opinion: appeals to people's emotions and biases circumvent...

political buzzer (Indonesian: buzzer politik). 50 Cent Party State-sponsored Internet propaganda Fake news Troll Astroturfing Rudyansjah, Tony; Rasidi, Pradipa...

A copypasta is a block of text copied and pasted to the Internet and social media. Copypasta containing controversial ideas or lengthy rants are often...

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computational propaganda and information operations: Unraveling digital manipulation in conflict zones". New Media & Society: 14614448241302319. doi:10...

The Jewish Internet Defense Force (JIDF) was an organization that ran social media campaigns from 2000 to 2014 against websites and Facebook groups that...

A Sybil attack is a type of attack on a computer network service in which an attacker subverts the service's reputation system by creating a large number...

Crowd manipulation is the intentional or unwitting use of techniques based on the principles of crowd psychology to engage, control, or influence the desires...

users, and was also able to caption photos provided to it into a form of Internet memes. Ars Technica reported Tay experiencing topic "blacklisting": Interactions...