Vietnam admits deploying bloggers to support the Communist Party's policies, operates a network of nearly 1,000 "public opinion shapers". (BBC 2013)

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[–]HibikiBlackCaudillo[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There's people that aren't familiar with how different groups are seeking to influence the public opinion online so this is some interesting info coming from the BBC.

It's an article talking about the way the communist party of Vietnam uses shills to influence the public opinion for their own sake.

[–]StillLessons 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

All governments are doing this. The propaganda advantage the west lost in the past twenty years is that twenty years ago, the public here would have looked at this and said, "I'm glad I live in [the US/Britain/France/etc] where this doesn't happen!"; that is absolutely no longer the case. Now people know that our western governments are doing exactly the same thing. This is a sea-change in thinking, and I don't think the established powers in the west have entirely absorbed how much they have lost because of it...

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's not really a communist thing unless they are also employing 2000 people to stand over the shoulders of the first lot, making sure they write the right stuff.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The Vietnamese version of Operation Mockingbird.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

seems small time, 1000, USA with their CTR has probably 100,000

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When you can't afford to start your own Fox News.