Paid propagandists control social media discourse
Attkisson: When people get online every day and take part in social media or do searches for news, what is it you think they don’t know? Matthew Brown: I don’t think they know they’re being manipulated. Matthew Brown is a data analyst who pierces the secrecy behind paid efforts to influence online. Attkisson: What areas of the Internet are used to shape and manipulate opinion? Matthew Brown: Everywhere social. Everywhere social means specific Facebook pages, but it also means the…