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	There are many examples of botfarms from around the world - notably India, and supposedly Russia - according to the much discussed ''political interference'' narratives of the Trump Era. These might take the form of crude or automated operations, in which pre-scripted messages are repeated en-masse. Given the massive industry in bulk shipments of farmed social media socks, and known prevalence<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/half-bidens-twitter-followers-are-fake-according-audit Half Of Biden's Twitter Followers Are Fake According To Audit - ZeroHedge]</ref> of fakes, it isn't surprising that political influence groups from across the spectrum (Media Matters, Shareblue,<ref>[https://thegoldwater.com/news/5176-Media-Matters-From-CTR-to-Shareblue-How-Paid-Shills-Attempt-to-Distort-the-Truth Media Matters, From CTR, to Shareblue: How Paid Shills Attempt to Distort the Truth - The GoldWater]</ref> Turning Point<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/young-conservative-group-tied-fake-accounts-attacked-biden-facebook-says-n1242623 Turning Point USA tied to fake accounts, Facebook says]</ref>) are suspected of, if not known for taking advantage.		There are many examples of botfarms from around the world - notably India, and supposedly Russia - according to the much discussed ''political interference'' narratives of the Trump Era. These might take the form of crude or automated operations, in which pre-scripted messages are repeated en-masse. Given the massive industry in bulk shipments of farmed social media socks, and known prevalence<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/half-bidens-twitter-followers-are-fake-according-audit Half Of Biden's Twitter Followers Are Fake According To Audit - ZeroHedge]</ref> of fakes, it isn't surprising that political influence groups from across the spectrum (Media Matters, Shareblue,<ref>[https://thegoldwater.com/news/5176-Media-Matters-From-CTR-to-Shareblue-How-Paid-Shills-Attempt-to-Distort-the-Truth Media Matters, From CTR, to Shareblue: How Paid Shills Attempt to Distort the Truth - The GoldWater]</ref> Turning Point<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/young-conservative-group-tied-fake-accounts-attacked-biden-facebook-says-n1242623 Turning Point USA tied to fake accounts, Facebook says]</ref>) are suspected of, if not known for taking advantage.

	Governments have also taken part in intelligent social engineering via Twitter and other platforms - examples including the American Intelligence Community, who commonly infiltrate radical organizations in order to collect intelligence and exert control (US Central Command, etc<ref>[https://news.antiwar.com/2022/09/19/pentagon-opens-review-of-its-clandestine-psychological-operations/ Pentagon Opens Review Of Its Clandestine Psychological Operations - Antiwar.com]</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media - Guardian]</ref><ref>[https://www.mintpressnews.com/twitter-hiring-alarming-number-spooks-secret-agents/281114/ The Federal Bureau of Tweets: Twitter Is Hiring an Alarming Number of FBI Agents - MPN]</ref>), the British GCHQ and 77th Brigade. Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (domestic intelligence admin) openly defends its own mass-scale fabrication of far-right activity, which extends to active participation and provocation.<ref>[https://rmx.news/germany/german-domestic-intelligence-agents-are-running-hundreds-of-fake-right-wing-extremist-social-media-accounts/ German domestic intelligence is running hundreds of fake right-wing extremist social media accounts - Remix News]</ref> The fact that governments have seen these mid-scale, [[Wikipedia:Nudge theory\|targeted operations]] as feasible strategies (despite the downside risk) demonstrates the importance of social media organizing for special interest groups.		Governments have also taken part in intelligent social engineering via [[MAP visibility on Twitter\|Twitter]] and other platforms - examples including the American Intelligence Community, who commonly infiltrate radical organizations in order to collect intelligence and exert control (US Central Command, etc<ref>[https://news.antiwar.com/2022/09/19/pentagon-opens-review-of-its-clandestine-psychological-operations/ Pentagon Opens Review Of Its Clandestine Psychological Operations - Antiwar.com]</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media - Guardian]</ref><ref>[https://www.mintpressnews.com/twitter-hiring-alarming-number-spooks-secret-agents/281114/ The Federal Bureau of Tweets: Twitter Is Hiring an Alarming Number of FBI Agents - MPN]</ref>), the British GCHQ and 77th Brigade. Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (domestic intelligence admin) openly defends its own mass-scale fabrication of far-right activity, which extends to active participation and provocation.<ref>[https://rmx.news/germany/german-domestic-intelligence-agents-are-running-hundreds-of-fake-right-wing-extremist-social-media-accounts/ German domestic intelligence is running hundreds of fake right-wing extremist social media accounts - Remix News]</ref> The fact that governments have seen these mid-scale, [[Wikipedia:Nudge theory\|targeted operations]] as feasible strategies (despite the downside risk) demonstrates the importance of social media organizing for special interest groups.

	===Common tells of SIGbot accounts===		===Common tells of SIGbot accounts===

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	There are many examples of botfarms from around the world - notably India, and supposedly Russia - according to the much discussed ''political interference'' narratives of the Trump Era. These might take the form of crude or automated operations, in which pre-scripted messages are repeated en-masse. Given the massive industry in bulk shipments of farmed social media socks, and known prevalence<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/half-bidens-twitter-followers-are-fake-according-audit Half Of Biden's Twitter Followers Are Fake According To Audit - ZeroHedge]</ref> of fakes, it isn't surprising that political influence groups from across the spectrum (Media Matters, Shareblue,<ref>[https://thegoldwater.com/news/5176-Media-Matters-From-CTR-to-Shareblue-How-Paid-Shills-Attempt-to-Distort-the-Truth Media Matters, From CTR, to Shareblue: How Paid Shills Attempt to Distort the Truth - The GoldWater]</ref> Turning Point<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/young-conservative-group-tied-fake-accounts-attacked-biden-facebook-says-n1242623 Turning Point USA tied to fake accounts, Facebook says]</ref>) are suspected of, if not known for taking advantage.		There are many examples of botfarms from around the world - notably India, and supposedly Russia - according to the much discussed ''political interference'' narratives of the Trump Era. These might take the form of crude or automated operations, in which pre-scripted messages are repeated en-masse. Given the massive industry in bulk shipments of farmed social media socks, and known prevalence<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/half-bidens-twitter-followers-are-fake-according-audit Half Of Biden's Twitter Followers Are Fake According To Audit - ZeroHedge]</ref> of fakes, it isn't surprising that political influence groups from across the spectrum (Media Matters, Shareblue,<ref>[https://thegoldwater.com/news/5176-Media-Matters-From-CTR-to-Shareblue-How-Paid-Shills-Attempt-to-Distort-the-Truth Media Matters, From CTR, to Shareblue: How Paid Shills Attempt to Distort the Truth - The GoldWater]</ref> Turning Point<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/young-conservative-group-tied-fake-accounts-attacked-biden-facebook-says-n1242623 Turning Point USA tied to fake accounts, Facebook says]</ref>) are suspected of, if not known for taking advantage.

	Governments have also taken part in intelligent social engineering via Twitter and other platforms - examples including the American Intelligence Community, who commonly infiltrate radical organizations in order to collect intelligence and exert control (US Central Command, etc<ref>[https://news.antiwar.com/2022/09/19/pentagon-opens-review-of-its-clandestine-psychological-operations/ Pentagon Opens Review Of Its Clandestine Psychological Operations - Antiwar.com]</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media - Guardian]</ref><ref>[https://www.mintpressnews.com/twitter-hiring-alarming-number-spooks-secret-agents/281114/ The Federal Bureau of Tweets: Twitter Is Hiring an Alarming Number of FBI Agents - MPN]</ref>), the British GCHQ and 77th Brigade. Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (domestic intelligence admin) openly defends its own mass-scale fabrication of far-right activity, which extends to active participation and provocation.<ref>[https://rmx.news/germany/german-domestic-intelligence-agents-are-running-hundreds-of-fake-right-wing-extremist-social-media-accounts/ German domestic intelligence is running hundreds of fake right-wing extremist social media accounts - Remix News]</ref> The fact that governments have seen these ~~relatively small~~-scale, targeted operations as feasible strategies (despite the downside risk) demonstrates the importance of social media organizing for special interest groups.		Governments have also taken part in intelligent social engineering via Twitter and other platforms - examples including the American Intelligence Community, who commonly infiltrate radical organizations in order to collect intelligence and exert control (US Central Command, etc<ref>[https://news.antiwar.com/2022/09/19/pentagon-opens-review-of-its-clandestine-psychological-operations/ Pentagon Opens Review Of Its Clandestine Psychological Operations - Antiwar.com]</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media - Guardian]</ref><ref>[https://www.mintpressnews.com/twitter-hiring-alarming-number-spooks-secret-agents/281114/ The Federal Bureau of Tweets: Twitter Is Hiring an Alarming Number of FBI Agents - MPN]</ref>), the British GCHQ and 77th Brigade. Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (domestic intelligence admin) openly defends its own mass-scale fabrication of far-right activity, which extends to active participation and provocation.<ref>[https://rmx.news/germany/german-domestic-intelligence-agents-are-running-hundreds-of-fake-right-wing-extremist-social-media-accounts/ German domestic intelligence is running hundreds of fake right-wing extremist social media accounts - Remix News]</ref> The fact that governments have seen these mid-scale, [[Wikipedia:Nudge theory\|targeted operations]] as feasible strategies (despite the downside risk) demonstrates the importance of social media organizing for special interest groups.

	===Common tells of SIGbot accounts===		===Common tells of SIGbot accounts===

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	There are many examples of botfarms from around the world - notably India, and supposedly Russia - according to the much discussed ''political interference'' narratives of the Trump Era. These might take the form of crude or automated operations, in which pre-scripted messages are repeated en-masse. Given the massive industry in bulk shipments of farmed social media socks, and known prevalence<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/half-bidens-twitter-followers-are-fake-according-audit Half Of Biden's Twitter Followers Are Fake According To Audit - ZeroHedge]</ref> of fakes, it isn't surprising that political influence groups from across the spectrum (Media Matters, Shareblue,<ref>[https://thegoldwater.com/news/5176-Media-Matters-From-CTR-to-Shareblue-How-Paid-Shills-Attempt-to-Distort-the-Truth Media Matters, From CTR, to Shareblue: How Paid Shills Attempt to Distort the Truth - The GoldWater]</ref> Turning Point<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/young-conservative-group-tied-fake-accounts-attacked-biden-facebook-says-n1242623 Turning Point USA tied to fake accounts, Facebook says]</ref>) are suspected of, if not known for taking advantage.		There are many examples of botfarms from around the world - notably India, and supposedly Russia - according to the much discussed ''political interference'' narratives of the Trump Era. These might take the form of crude or automated operations, in which pre-scripted messages are repeated en-masse. Given the massive industry in bulk shipments of farmed social media socks, and known prevalence<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/half-bidens-twitter-followers-are-fake-according-audit Half Of Biden's Twitter Followers Are Fake According To Audit - ZeroHedge]</ref> of fakes, it isn't surprising that political influence groups from across the spectrum (Media Matters, Shareblue,<ref>[https://thegoldwater.com/news/5176-Media-Matters-From-CTR-to-Shareblue-How-Paid-Shills-Attempt-to-Distort-the-Truth Media Matters, From CTR, to Shareblue: How Paid Shills Attempt to Distort the Truth - The GoldWater]</ref> Turning Point<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/young-conservative-group-tied-fake-accounts-attacked-biden-facebook-says-n1242623 Turning Point USA tied to fake accounts, Facebook says]</ref>) are suspected of, if not known for taking advantage.

	Governments have also taken part in intelligent social engineering via Twitter and other platforms - examples including the American Intelligence Community ~~(US Central Command, etc~~, who commonly infiltrate radical organizations in order to collect intelligence and exert control<ref>[https://news.antiwar.com/2022/09/19/pentagon-opens-review-of-its-clandestine-psychological-operations/ Pentagon Opens Review Of Its Clandestine Psychological Operations - Antiwar.com]</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media - Guardian]</ref><ref>[https://www.mintpressnews.com/twitter-hiring-alarming-number-spooks-secret-agents/281114/ The Federal Bureau of Tweets: Twitter Is Hiring an Alarming Number of FBI Agents - MPN]</ref>), the British GCHQ and 77th Brigade. Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (domestic intelligence admin) openly defends its own mass-scale fabrication of far-right activity, which extends to active participation and provocation.<ref>[https://rmx.news/germany/german-domestic-intelligence-agents-are-running-hundreds-of-fake-right-wing-extremist-social-media-accounts/ German domestic intelligence is running hundreds of fake right-wing extremist social media accounts - Remix News]</ref> The fact that governments have seen these relatively small-scale, targeted operations as feasible strategies (despite the downside risk) demonstrates the importance of social media organizing for special interest groups.		Governments have also taken part in intelligent social engineering via Twitter and other platforms - examples including the American Intelligence Community, who commonly infiltrate radical organizations in order to collect intelligence and exert control (US Central Command, etc<ref>[https://news.antiwar.com/2022/09/19/pentagon-opens-review-of-its-clandestine-psychological-operations/ Pentagon Opens Review Of Its Clandestine Psychological Operations - Antiwar.com]</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media - Guardian]</ref><ref>[https://www.mintpressnews.com/twitter-hiring-alarming-number-spooks-secret-agents/281114/ The Federal Bureau of Tweets: Twitter Is Hiring an Alarming Number of FBI Agents - MPN]</ref>), the British GCHQ and 77th Brigade. Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (domestic intelligence admin) openly defends its own mass-scale fabrication of far-right activity, which extends to active participation and provocation.<ref>[https://rmx.news/germany/german-domestic-intelligence-agents-are-running-hundreds-of-fake-right-wing-extremist-social-media-accounts/ German domestic intelligence is running hundreds of fake right-wing extremist social media accounts - Remix News]</ref> The fact that governments have seen these relatively small-scale, targeted operations as feasible strategies (despite the downside risk) demonstrates the importance of social media organizing for special interest groups.

	===Common tells of SIGbot accounts===		===Common tells of SIGbot accounts===

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	==Botfarms and SIGbots==		==Botfarms and SIGbots==

	There are many examples of botfarms from around the world - notably India, and supposedly Russia - according to the much discussed ''political interference'' narratives of the Trump Era. These might take the form of crude or automated operations, in which pre-scripted messages are repeated en-masse. Given the massive industry in bulk shipments of farmed social media socks, and known prevalence<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/half-bidens-twitter-followers-are-fake-according-audit Half Of Biden's Twitter Followers Are Fake According To Audit - ZeroHedge]</ref> of fakes, it isn't surprising that political influence groups from ~~accross~~ the spectrum (Media Matters, Shareblue,<ref>[https://thegoldwater.com/news/5176-Media-Matters-From-CTR-to-Shareblue-How-Paid-Shills-Attempt-to-Distort-the-Truth Media Matters, From CTR, to Shareblue: How Paid Shills Attempt to Distort the Truth - The GoldWater]</ref> Turning Point<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/young-conservative-group-tied-fake-accounts-attacked-biden-facebook-says-n1242623 Turning Point USA tied to fake accounts, Facebook says]</ref>) are suspected of, if not known for taking advantage.		There are many examples of botfarms from around the world - notably India, and supposedly Russia - according to the much discussed ''political interference'' narratives of the Trump Era. These might take the form of crude or automated operations, in which pre-scripted messages are repeated en-masse. Given the massive industry in bulk shipments of farmed social media socks, and known prevalence<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/half-bidens-twitter-followers-are-fake-according-audit Half Of Biden's Twitter Followers Are Fake According To Audit - ZeroHedge]</ref> of fakes, it isn't surprising that political influence groups from across the spectrum (Media Matters, Shareblue,<ref>[https://thegoldwater.com/news/5176-Media-Matters-From-CTR-to-Shareblue-How-Paid-Shills-Attempt-to-Distort-the-Truth Media Matters, From CTR, to Shareblue: How Paid Shills Attempt to Distort the Truth - The GoldWater]</ref> Turning Point<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/young-conservative-group-tied-fake-accounts-attacked-biden-facebook-says-n1242623 Turning Point USA tied to fake accounts, Facebook says]</ref>) are suspected of, if not known for taking advantage.

	Governments have also taken part in intelligent social engineering via Twitter and other platforms - examples including the American Intelligence Community (US Central Command, etc, who commonly infiltrate radical organizations in order to collect intelligence and exert control<ref>[https://news.antiwar.com/2022/09/19/pentagon-opens-review-of-its-clandestine-psychological-operations/ Pentagon Opens Review Of Its Clandestine Psychological Operations - Antiwar.com]</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media - Guardian]</ref><ref>[https://www.mintpressnews.com/twitter-hiring-alarming-number-spooks-secret-agents/281114/ The Federal Bureau of Tweets: Twitter Is Hiring an Alarming Number of FBI Agents - MPN]</ref>), the British GCHQ and 77th Brigade. Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (domestic intelligence admin) openly defends its own mass-scale fabrication of far-right activity, which extends to active participation and provocation.<ref>[https://rmx.news/germany/german-domestic-intelligence-agents-are-running-hundreds-of-fake-right-wing-extremist-social-media-accounts/ German domestic intelligence is running hundreds of fake right-wing extremist social media accounts - Remix News]</ref> The fact that governments have seen these relatively small-scale, targeted operations as feasible strategies (despite the downside risk) demonstrates the importance of social media organizing for special interest groups.		Governments have also taken part in intelligent social engineering via Twitter and other platforms - examples including the American Intelligence Community (US Central Command, etc, who commonly infiltrate radical organizations in order to collect intelligence and exert control<ref>[https://news.antiwar.com/2022/09/19/pentagon-opens-review-of-its-clandestine-psychological-operations/ Pentagon Opens Review Of Its Clandestine Psychological Operations - Antiwar.com]</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media - Guardian]</ref><ref>[https://www.mintpressnews.com/twitter-hiring-alarming-number-spooks-secret-agents/281114/ The Federal Bureau of Tweets: Twitter Is Hiring an Alarming Number of FBI Agents - MPN]</ref>), the British GCHQ and 77th Brigade. Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (domestic intelligence admin) openly defends its own mass-scale fabrication of far-right activity, which extends to active participation and provocation.<ref>[https://rmx.news/germany/german-domestic-intelligence-agents-are-running-hundreds-of-fake-right-wing-extremist-social-media-accounts/ German domestic intelligence is running hundreds of fake right-wing extremist social media accounts - Remix News]</ref> The fact that governments have seen these relatively small-scale, targeted operations as feasible strategies (despite the downside risk) demonstrates the importance of social media organizing for special interest groups.

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	==Botfarms and SIGbots==		==Botfarms and SIGbots==

	There are many examples of botfarms from around the world - notably India, and supposedly Russia - according to the much discussed ''political interference'' narratives of the Trump Era. These might take the form of crude or automated operations, in which pre-scripted messages are repeated en-masse. Governments have also taken part in intelligent social engineering via Twitter and other platforms - examples including the American Intelligence Community (who commonly infiltrate radical organizations in order to collect intelligence and exert control), the British GCHQ and 77th Brigade. The fact that governments have seen these relatively small-scale, targeted operations as feasible strategies (despite the downside risk) demonstrates the importance of social media organizing for special interest groups.		There are many examples of botfarms from around the world - notably India, and supposedly Russia - according to the much discussed ''political interference'' narratives of the Trump Era. These might take the form of crude or automated operations, in which pre-scripted messages are repeated en-masse. Given the massive industry in bulk shipments of farmed social media socks, and known prevalence<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/half-bidens-twitter-followers-are-fake-according-audit Half Of Biden's Twitter Followers Are Fake According To Audit - ZeroHedge]</ref> of fakes, it isn't surprising that political influence groups from accross the spectrum (Media Matters, Shareblue,<ref>[https://thegoldwater.com/news/5176-Media-Matters-From-CTR-to-Shareblue-How-Paid-Shills-Attempt-to-Distort-the-Truth Media Matters, From CTR, to Shareblue: How Paid Shills Attempt to Distort the Truth - The GoldWater]</ref> Turning Point<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/young-conservative-group-tied-fake-accounts-attacked-biden-facebook-says-n1242623 Turning Point USA tied to fake accounts, Facebook says]</ref>) are suspected of, if not known for taking advantage.

			Governments have also taken part in intelligent social engineering via Twitter and other platforms - examples including the American Intelligence Community (US Central Command, etc, who commonly infiltrate radical organizations in order to collect intelligence and exert control<ref>[https://news.antiwar.com/2022/09/19/pentagon-opens-review-of-its-clandestine-psychological-operations/ Pentagon Opens Review Of Its Clandestine Psychological Operations - Antiwar.com]</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media - Guardian]</ref><ref>[https://www.mintpressnews.com/twitter-hiring-alarming-number-spooks-secret-agents/281114/ The Federal Bureau of Tweets: Twitter Is Hiring an Alarming Number of FBI Agents - MPN]</ref>), the British GCHQ and 77th Brigade. Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (domestic intelligence admin) openly defends its own mass-scale fabrication of far-right activity, which extends to active participation and provocation.<ref>[https://rmx.news/germany/german-domestic-intelligence-agents-are-running-hundreds-of-fake-right-wing-extremist-social-media-accounts/ German domestic intelligence is running hundreds of fake right-wing extremist social media accounts - Remix News]</ref> The fact that governments have seen these relatively small-scale, targeted operations as feasible strategies (despite the downside risk) demonstrates the importance of social media organizing for special interest groups.

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	*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_farm Wikipedia] - Troll Farm (focuses on governments, conveniently neglecting NGO/Civil Society/Financier-backed operations).		*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_farm Wikipedia] - Troll Farm (focuses on governments, conveniently neglecting NGO/Civil Society/Financier-backed operations).
	*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_interest_group Wikipedia] - SIG.		*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_interest_group Wikipedia] - SIG.

			==References==

	[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]]		[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]]

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	==Botfarms and SIGbots==		==Botfarms and SIGbots==

	There are many examples of botfarms from around the world - notably India, and supposedly Russia - according to the much discussed ''political interference'' narratives of the Trump Era. These might take the form of crude or automated operations, in which pre-scripted messages are repeated en-masse. Governments have also taken part in intelligent social engineering via Twitter and other platforms - examples including the American Intelligence Community (who commonly infiltrate radical organizations in order to collect intelligence and exert control), the British GCHQ and 77th Brigade.		There are many examples of botfarms from around the world - notably India, and supposedly Russia - according to the much discussed ''political interference'' narratives of the Trump Era. These might take the form of crude or automated operations, in which pre-scripted messages are repeated en-masse. Governments have also taken part in intelligent social engineering via Twitter and other platforms - examples including the American Intelligence Community (who commonly infiltrate radical organizations in order to collect intelligence and exert control), the British GCHQ and 77th Brigade. The fact that governments have seen these relatively small-scale, targeted operations as feasible strategies (despite the downside risk) demonstrates the importance of social media organizing for special interest groups.

	===Common tells of SIGbot accounts===		===Common tells of SIGbot accounts===

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	*Very common use of logically fallacious appeals in messaging - as if copying verbatim from a centrally planned list of talking points. Commonly uses unverifiable personal back-story, such as the oft-repeated cliche of their 6-year-old child saying something prophetical.		*Very common use of logically fallacious appeals in messaging - as if copying verbatim from a centrally planned list of talking points. Commonly uses unverifiable personal back-story, such as the oft-repeated cliche of their 6-year-old child saying something prophetical.
	*Account always seems to be "on message" with respect to its talking points and immediate response to trending events.		*Account always seems to be "on message" with respect to its talking points and immediate response to trending events.
	*Works in a group/hive format, where accounts ~~re-enforce~~ and share/multiply each others messaging according to common patterns. Large number of shares in relation to original content.		*Works in a group/hive format, where accounts reinforce and share/multiply each others messaging according to common patterns. Large number of shares in relation to original content.

	==External Links==		==External Links==

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	===Common tells of SIGbot accounts===		===Common tells of SIGbot accounts===

	*The account is anonymous and unverified, despite having large numbers of followers.		*The account is anonymous and unverified, despite having large numbers of followers. Or the account has very few followers and fabricated bio - indicating large scale cloning.
	*The number of followers is roughly identical to the number of followed accounts, indicating participation in a "follow back" campaign, or shared list of accounts-to-follow. This was a common theme of pro-EU accounts during the UK's Brexit culture war event.		*The number of followers is roughly identical to the number of followed accounts, indicating participation in a "follow back" campaign, or shared list of accounts-to-follow. This was a common theme of pro-EU accounts during the UK's Brexit culture war event.
	*Accounts were created at or around crucial strategic turning points, such as the year 2015/6.		*Accounts were created at or around crucial strategic turning points, such as the year 2015/6.
			*Government-affiliated accounts are not allowed to campaign explicitly for any one party or organization, except for pushing the government line (public interest). They generally refuse to deny that they are linked to a government agency, when pressed.
	*Very common use of logically fallacious appeals in messaging - as if copying verbatim from a centrally planned list of talking points. Commonly uses unverifiable personal back-story, such as the oft-repeated cliche of their 6-year-old child saying something prophetical.		*Very common use of logically fallacious appeals in messaging - as if copying verbatim from a centrally planned list of talking points. Commonly uses unverifiable personal back-story, such as the oft-repeated cliche of their 6-year-old child saying something prophetical.
	*Account always seems to be "on message" with respect to its talking points and immediate response to trending events.		*Account always seems to be "on message" with respect to its talking points and immediate response to trending events.

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	*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_farm Wikipedia] - Troll Farm (focuses on governments, conveniently neglecting NGO/Civil Society/~~Ginancier~~-backed operations).		*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_farm Wikipedia] - Troll Farm (focuses on governments, conveniently neglecting NGO/Civil Society/Financier-backed operations).
	*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_interest_group Wikipedia] - SIG.		*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_interest_group Wikipedia] - SIG.

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	*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_farm Wikipedia] - Troll Farm (focuses on governments, conveniently neglecting NGO/Civil Society/Ginancier-backed operations).		*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_farm Wikipedia] - Troll Farm (focuses on governments, conveniently neglecting NGO/Civil Society/Ginancier-backed operations).
	*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_interest_group Wikipedia] - SIG.		*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_interest_group Wikipedia] - SIG.

	~~==References==~~

	[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]]		[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]]