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Palantir may be engaging in a coordinated disinformation campaign by astroturfing these news-related subreddits: r/world, r/newsletter, r/investinq, and r/tech_news (redlib.tiekoetter.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/technology@lemmy.world
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According to the comments r/europe_sub and r/canada_sub might be involved as well.

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[–] considine@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The top hits for my "WSB" search are:

  • World Sports Betting

  • r/WallStreetBets

  • World Superbikes

I don't think any of their goons are astroturfing (well, maybe World Superbikes). Did you mean a different entity?

[–] anus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sorry I thought this was more common, it's definitely wall Street bets

[–] considine@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Do you mean investors are trying to manipulate stocks by planting stories? Yeah, I think so. But intelligence agencies have whole training programs on how to manipulate narratives, and a very long track record of doing so.

See: Israel's hasbara apparatus,

GCHQ leaked documents on infiltrating and derailing socialist discussions,

Church Committee Hearings,

"The Cultural Cold War" by Frances Stonor Saunders.

[–] anus@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Astroturfing is definitely a thing that exists but what evidence is there that palantir the company is spending resources that way?

Most companies have marketing and PR departments, not GCHQ and IDF veterans