The practice extends beyond those. Lemmy is not immune, for example.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing
This community looks relevant in principle, although most of the posts right now are about political astroturfing (which is not the only kind):
You know that it’s common for companies to pay influencers and publications for favorable publicity, right?
Or just turn off javascript.
It was around this point that Medina alleges an agent turned an outdoor surveillance camera away from what was transpiring—an act she caught on camera and shared with KTLA.
It’s not just alleged. We can see it in the video clip, about half way down the page.
Yes.
“They’re just doing their job,” said Leao,
No, Marcos, I don’t think they are.
Perhaps he could order Immigration and Customs Enforcement to deport the weather.
The site shows rallies nearest to you:
The raids are part of a coordinated response across the U.S. after President Donald Trump vowed to instigate mass deportations of undocumented migrants.
Response? Response to what? It looks to me more like a military force invading a city and attacking civilians.
In order to retain our rights to private communications, we have to win every time.
In order to take them away, they only have to win once.
They will keep trying.
Stay vigilant.
Pussy Riot: 5 Russian Words You’ll Need to Know in Trump’s America (2017)
(Thanks to archive.org for saving this video, which was recently removed from YouTube.)