There have been multiple accounts created with the sole purpose of posting advertisement posts or replies containing unsolicited advertising.

Accounts which solely post advertisements, or persistently post them may be terminated.

RTRedreovic ,

So Godi Media has found a place here as well.

otter ,

Every country is dealing with this issue to some extent, and the same countries may also have state actors running their own fleet of sockpuppet accounts / astroturfing campaigns

Another downside to this (in addition to the sockpuppeting itself) is that populist leaders can accuse legitimate activists, journalists, and criticism as sockpuppeting/astroturfing.

Astroturfing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

RobotToaster ,
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The BJP spread enough fake news without help.

Jakdracula ,
@Jakdracula@lemmy.world avatar

I like how the picture has an American flag on the wall.

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