WARNING: the #fediverse is not immune to #blackface #astroturfing; especially in the age of #AI.
just blocked an AIslopped account literally invoking the same Bernie Sanders grievances of the last 20 years, with a guest apperance of corporatist dems new target, Zohran Mamdani.
the #USApol consultant ecosystem is a special kind of grifting hell. they are sociopaths who don't care about political parties, only how much money they can make wrecking havoc.
block them with prejudice.
As part of my work on greenwashing, I was pleased to make a submission on the regulation of astroturfing to the Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy. https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Information_Integrity_on_Climate_Change_and_Energy/ClimateIntegrity Submission No. 28. OSF: https://osf.io/xrjhe/
Astroturf Photograph, Project Manhattan, Creative Commons Attribution Share alike licence - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Astroturf.jpg
