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CLASSIC: Shills 101: Online Manipulators and You

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Sock Puppets - The Problem Is, They're Not Keeping the Secret, Right?

CNN's John Sutter ponders the idea of a sock puppet master. He could hire friends to impersonate him, but they might not keep his secrets secret. A term for this kind of thing shows up on the internet is meat puppets. They're acting based on your marching orders, right? Yes.

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