#Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg launched PR campaigns to smear critics of the company
Just doing her job, no doubt: The Punctured Myth of Sheryl Sandberg | The New Republic
Among the targets of Facebook’s own propaganda campaign was George Soros, the financier who funds many activist groups. Facebook targeted Soros over his behind the scenes funding of fake “grass roots” activist organizations (known as “astroturf”) aligned against Facebook.
Astroturf’ing operations are common in propaganda campaigns, so common that most “grass roots” groups are likely fake and are instead a group of people duped into acting on behalf of those in power. Astroturf operations have been covered extensively on this blog.
As Facebook operates the world’s largest propaganda platform, it should not be a surprise that every known method of propaganda messaging is used by Facebook itself to attack others. Nor should it be a surprise that Soros was behind some astroturf operations. This is how the world works today, where we are flooded with a constant stream of propaganda messaging 24 x 7 – much of we do not even realize is messaging intended to get us to adopt someone else’s perspective.