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The practice of hiring people to attend events and pose as protesters or crowd members
Paid protest services exist and can be hired through commercial publicity firms that advertise “crowds for hire” and through general gig/temporary-staff marketplaces; the best-documented vendor in the...
A small but visible set of firms markets —hiring actors to pose as protesters, supporters, paparazzi or brand ambassadors—most prominently and regional equivalents such as , and those firms have drawn...
typically springs from mission-driven organizing, long-term relationships, and role‑specific recruiting practices used across the nonprofit sector, such as executive search, temporary placements and f...
News organizations investigating claims that protesters were “paid” have most often found weak or no direct evidence tying large numbers of demonstrators to wage-for-hire arrangements, while also docu...