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Paid Protest and Public Perception

Paid protesters can distort public perception, manufacture false grassroots impressions, and therefore governments or platforms should be allowed to restrict or require disclosure of paid participation to preserve truthful public discourse.

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Jan 25, 2026

What methodologies would be required to produce a reliable estimate of paid participation in protests?

of protest participants who were paid requires a mixed-method, transparent design that combines event-counting and with direct respondent data, third‑party corroboration, and rigorous uncertainty quan...