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The controversy surrounding astroturfing and its impact on democratic processes and public debate.
Crowds on Demand is the best-documented commercial operator that organizes paid protesters and related theatrical crowds for clients across U.S. cities, a practice reported in multiple outlets and tie...
has been publicly documented providing hired participants for political campaigns, corporate publicity stunts, and protests since its founding in 2012, with media and company materials identifying spe...
Crowds on Demand is a U.S.-based commercial firm that sells staffed crowds, staged publicity experiences and advocacy-oriented services—ranging from fake paparazzi and hired “fans” to organized demons...
Allegations of “-controversy">paid protesters” have become a recurrent political charge used to discredit demonstrations, sometimes reflecting real instances of paid crowd services but more often surf...
Crowds on Demand, a private firm that hires people to attend events and stage demonstrations, has been widely accused of facilitating “astroturfing,” but the materials provided do not document any spe...
, did not deny to that was a client and stressed that the on-the-ground organizer () worked for Crowds as an independent contractor rather than an employee while defending the company’s activities as ...