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The use of crowd-for-hire companies in U.S. political events, including campaigns and rallies, and the controversy surrounding the practice.
is a for‑profit publicity firm that advertises and documents hiring people to populate rallies, demonstrations and PR stunts on its website , and longstanding journalism and public records reporting d...
Documented instances exist of for‑hire crowd companies supplying actors to political events, with the most thoroughly reported example being –based , which has been linked to paid speakers and demonst...
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...
The practice of has been documented across a range of civic and political events—investigations and first‑hand reporting have verified hires at municipal hearings, political rallies and parades—but ri...
Crowd‑for‑hire companies have verifiable ties to U.S. political events, but the record is selective, contested, and often obscured by nondisclosure; the clearest confirmed examples involve the firm Cr...