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  1. USA Today: Businesses and organizations may refer to it as a tool for competitive advantage and marketing; but make no mistake http://archive.is/37tK3
  2. Shareblue accounts caught in /r/politics posting links to Shareblue without disclosing their affiliation http://archive.is/7HAkr
  3. Psy Group developed elaborate information operations for commercial clients and political candidates around the world http://archive.is/BBblQ
  4. Top mod of /r/Mechanical_Gifs tries to sell subreddit on ebay for 999.00 dollars. http://archive.is/kU1Ly
  5. Shill posts picture of a dog in a hammock with the brand clearly visible without indicating that it's an ad in the title of the post http://archive.is/Mfdk9
  6. Arstechnica: GCHQ’s menu of tools spreads disinformation across Internet- “Effects capabilities” allow analysts to twist truth subtly or spam relentlessly. http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/07/ghcqs-chinese-menu-of-tools-spread-disinformation-across-internet/
  7. Samsung Electronics Fined for Fake Online Comments http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/samsung-electronics-fined-for-fake-online-comments/?_r=0
  8. Discover Magazine: Researchers Uncover Twitter Bot Army That’s 350 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2017/01/20/twitter-bot-army/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20DiscoverTechnology%20%28Discover%20Technology%29#.WIMl-oiLTnA
  9. Times of Israel - The internet: Israel’s new PR battlefield http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-rise-of-digital-diplomacy-could-be-changing-israels-media-image/
  10. Time: Social Media Manipulation? When “Indie” Bloggers and Businesses Get Cozy http://business.time.com/2013/04/22/social-media-manipulation-when-indie-bloggers-and-businesses-get-cozy/
  11. Content-Driven Detection of Campaigns in Social Media [PDF] http://faculty.cs.tamu.edu/caverlee/pubs/lee11cikm.pdf
  12. the law preventing them from using this in America was repealed http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/07/14/u-s-repeals-propaganda-ban-spreads-government-made-news-to-americans/
  13. Redditor who works for a potato mailing company admits to being a shill. He shows off his 27 thousand dollars he made in /r/pics http://i.imgur.com/CcTHwdS.png
  14. Screenshot of post since it was removed. http://i.imgur.com/k9g0WF8.png
  15. Just thought I'd contribute to this thread http://imgur.com/OpSos4u
  16. CNN: A PR firm has revealed that it is behind two blogs that previously appeared to be created by independent supporters of Wal-Mart. The blogs Working Families for Wal-mart and subsidiary site Paid Critics are written by 3 employees of PR firm Edelman http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/20/news/companies/walmart_blogs/index.htm
  17. Vice: Your Government Wants to Militarize Social Media to Influence Your Beliefs http://motherboard.vice.com/read/your-government-wants-to-militarize-social-media-to-influence-your-beliefs
  18. BBC News: China's Internet spin doctors http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7783640.stm
  19. BBC News: US plans to 'fight the net' revealed http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4655196.stm
  20. Wall Street Journal: Turkey's Government Forms 6 http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323527004579079151479634742?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424127887323527004579079151479634742.html
  21. Fake product reviews may be pervasive http://phys.org/news/2013-07-fake-product-pervasive.html#nRlv
  22. USA Today: The co-owner of a major Pentagon propaganda contractor publicly admitted that he was behind a series of websites used in an attempt to discredit two USA TODAY journalists who had reported on the contractor. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/military/story/2012-05-24/Leonie-usa-today-propaganda-pentagon/55190450/1
  23. ADWEEK: Marketing on Reddit Is Scary http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/marketing-reddit-scary-these-success-stories-show-big-potential-168278
  24. BBC- How online chatbots are already tricking you- Intelligent machines that can pass for humans have long been dreamed of http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140609-how-online-bots-are-tricking-you
  25. BBC news: Amazon targets 1 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34565631
  26. BBC: More than four times as many tweets were made by automated accounts in favour of Donald Trump around the first US presidential debate as by those backing Hillary Clinton http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37684418
  27. Fake five-star reviews being bought and sold online - Fake online reviews are being openly traded on the internet http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43907695
  28. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-20982985 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-20982985
  29. Bloomberg: How to Hack an Election [and influence voters with fake social media accounts] http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-how-to-hack-an-election/
  30. "Internet Reputation Management http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2008-04-30/do-reputation-management-services-work-businessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice
  31. Buzzfeed: Documents Show How Russia’s Troll Army Hit America http://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/documents-show-how-russias-troll-army-hit-america#.ki8Mz97ly
  32. The Rise of Social Bots http://www.cacm.acm.org/magazines/2016/7/204021-the-rise-of-social-bots/fulltext
  33. CBC News- Canadian government monitors online forums http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/bureaucrats-monitor-online-forums-1.906351
  34. Chicago Tribune: Nutrition for sale: How Kellogg worked with 'independent experts' to tout cereal http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-kellogg-independent-experts-cereal-20161121-story.html
  35. DailyKos: HBGary: Automated social media management http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/16/945768/-UPDATED-The-HB-Gary-Email-That-Should-Concern-Us-All
  36. Meme Warfare Center http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a507172.pdf
  37. Shilling on Reddit is openly admitted to in this Forbes article http://www.forbes.com/sites/julesschroeder/2016/03/10/the-magic-formula-behind-going-viral-on-reddit/#1d2485b05271
  38. Forbes: From Tinder Bots To 'Cuban Twitter' http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/04/17/from-tinder-bots-to-covert-social-networks-welcome-to-cognitive-hacking/#4b78e2d92a7d
  39. Hivemind http://www.hivemind.cc/rank/r/shills
  40. Huffington Post- Exposing Cyber Shills and Social Media's Underworld http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-fiorella/cyber-shills_b_2803801.html
  41. The Independent: Massive British PR firm caught on video: "We've got all sorts of dark arts...The ambition is to drown that negative content and make sure that you have positive content online." They discuss techniques for managing reputations online and creating/maintaining 3rd-party blogs that seem independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/caught-on-camera-top-lobbyists-boasting-how-they-influence-the-pm-6272760.html
  42. New York Times: Lifestyle Lift http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/technology/internet/15lift.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
  43. New York Times: Give Yourself 5 Stars? Online http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/23/technology/give-yourself-4-stars-online-it-might-cost-you.html?src=me&ref=general
  44. NY Times- From a nondescript office building in St. Petersburg http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/magazine/the-agency.html?_r=1
  45. NY Times: Effort to Expose Russia’s ‘Troll Army’ Draws Vicious Retaliation http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/31/world/europe/russia-finland-nato-trolls.html?_r=1
  46. PBS Frontline Documentary - Generation Like http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/generation-like/
  47. Gamers promote gaming-gambling site on youtube by pretending to hit jackpot without disclosing that they own the site. They tried to retroactively write a disclosure covering their tracks http://www.pcgamer.com/csgo-lotto-investigation-uncovers-colossal-conflict-of-interest/
  48. Raw Story: CENTCOM engages bloggers http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Raw_obtains_CENTCOM_email_to_bloggers_1016.html
  49. Raw Story: Air Force ordered software to manage army of fake virtual people http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/18/revealed-air-force-ordered-software-to-manage-army-of-fake-virtual-people/
  50. Redective http://www.redective.com/?r=e&a=search&s=subreddit&t=redective&q=shills
  51. Salon: Why Reddit moderators are censoring Glenn Greenwald’s latest news story on shills http://www.salon.com/2014/02/28/why_reddit_moderators_are_censoring_glenn_greenwalds_latest_bombshell_partner/
  52. The Atlantic: Kim Kardashian was paid to post a selfie on Instagram and Twitter advertising a pharmaceutical product. Sent to 42 million followers on Instagram and 32 million on Twitter http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/09/fda-drug-promotion-social-media/404563/
  53. WAR.COM: THE INTERNET AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS http://www.theblackvault.com/documents/ADA389269.pdf
  54. The Guardian: Internet Astroturfing http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/dec/13/astroturf-libertarians-internet-democracy
  55. The Guardian: Israel ups the stakes in the propaganda war http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/nov/20/mondaymediasection.israel
  56. Operation Earnest Voice http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks
  57. The Guardian: British army creates team of Facebook warriors http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/31/british-army-facebook-warriors-77th-brigade
  58. The Guardian: US military studied how to influence Twitter [and Reddit] users in Darpa-funded research [2014] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/08/darpa-social-networks-research-twitter-influence-studies
  59. The Guardian: Chinese officials flood the Chinese internet with positive social media posts to distract their population http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/20/chinese-officials-create-488m-social-media-posts-a-year-study-finds
  60. Times of Israel: Israeli government paying bilingual students to spread propaganda online primarily to international communities without having to identify themselves as working for the government. "The [student] union will operate computer rooms for the project...it was decided to establish a permanent structure of activity on the Internet through the students at academic institutions in the country." http://www.timesofisrael.com/pmo-stealthily-recruiting-students-for-online-advocacy/
  61. USA Today: Lord & Taylor settles FTC charges over paid Instagram posts http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/03/15/lord--taylor-settles-ftc-charges-over-paid-instagram-posts/81801972/
  62. Researcher's algorithm weeds out people using multiple online accounts to spread propaganda - Based on word choice http://www.utsa.edu/today/2016/10/astroturfing.html
  63. http://www.webinknow.com/2008/12/the-us-air-force-armed-with-social-media.html http://www.webinknow.com/2008/12/the-us-air-force-armed-with-social-media.html
  64. Wired: Powered by rapid advances in artificial intelligence http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2015/06/wired-world-2015/robot-propaganda
  65. Wired: Clinton Staff and Volunteers Busted for Astroturfing [in 2007] http://www.wired.com/2007/12/clinton-staff-a/
  66. Wired: Pro-Government Twitter Bots Try to Hush Mexican Activists http://www.wired.com/2015/08/pro-government-twitter-bots-try-hush-mexican-activists/
  67. Wired: Microsoft http://www.wired.com/2015/09/ftc-machinima-microsoft-youtube/
  68. Wired: Military Report: Secretly ‘Recruit or Hire Bloggers’ http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2008/03/report-recruit/
  69. Wired: Air Force Releases ‘Counter-Blog’ Marching Orders http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/01/usaf-blog-respo/
  70. Reddit Secrets https://archive.fo/NAwBx
  71. Reddit Secrets https://archive.fo/SCWN7
  72. Boostupvotes.com https://archive.fo/WdbYQ
  73. "Once we isolate key people https://archive.is/PoUMo
  74. GCHQ has their own internet shilling program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Threat_Research_Intelligence_Group
  75. Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-sponsored_Internet_sockpuppetry
  76. US also operates in conjunction with the UK to collect and share intelligence data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKUSA_Agreement
  77. Glenn Greenwald: How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/
  78. Glenn Greenwald: Hacking Online Polls and Other Ways British Spies Seek to Control the Internet https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/07/14/manipulating-online-polls-ways-british-spies-seek-control-internet/
  79. Source https://github.com/Theonefoster/DirectImageLinkerBot/blob/master/DirectImageLinkerBot.py
  80. Here is a direct link to your image for the benefit of mobile users https://imgur.com/OpSos4u.jpg
  81. Reddit for iPhone https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/reddit-the-official-app/id1064216828?mt=8
  82. Why Satoshi Nakamoto Has Gone https://medium.com/@ducktator/satoshi-nakamoto-has-gone-4cef923d7acd
  83. What I learned selling my Reddit accounts https://medium.com/@Rob79/what-i-learned-selling-my-reddit-accounts-c5e9f6348005#.u5zt0mti3
  84. Artificial intelligence chatbots will overwhelm human speech online; the rise of MADCOMs https://medium.com/artificial-intelligence-policy-laws-and-ethics/artificial-intelligence-chatbots-will-overwhelm-human-speech-online-the-rise-of-madcoms-e007818f31a1
  85. How Reddit Got Huge: Tons of Fake Accounts - According to Reddit cofounder Steve Huffman https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/how-reddit-got-huge-tons-of-fake-accounts--2
  86. Feedback https://np.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=DirectImageLinkBot&subject=Feedback&message=Don%27t%20forget%20to%20include%20a%20link%20to%20your/my%20comment
  87. Whistleblower and subsequent investigation: Paid trolls on /r/Bitcoin https://np.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/34m7yn/professional_bitcoin_trolls_exist/cqwjdlw
  88. Confession of Hillary Shill from /r/SandersForPresident https://np.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/3rncq9/confession_of_hillary_shill_from/
  89. Why do I exist? https://np.reddit.com/r/DirectImageLinkerBot/wiki/index
  90. Already a direct link? https://np.reddit.com/r/DirectImageLinkerBot/wiki/res_links
  91. Here's the thread. https://np.reddit.com/r/HailCorporate/comments/3gl8zi/that_potato_mailing_company_is_at_it_again/
  92. /r/netsec talks about gaming reddit via sockpuppets and how online discourse is (easily) manipulated. https://np.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/38wl43/we_used_sock_puppets_in_rnetsec_last_year_and_are
  93. Redditor comes clean about being paid to chat on Reddit. They work to promote a politician https://np.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/3gk56y/i_get_paid_to_chat_on_reddit/
  94. Shill whistleblower https://np.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/rtr6b/a_very_interesting_insight_into_how_certain/
  95. Russian bots were active on Reddit last year https://np.reddit.com/r/RussiaLago/comments/76cq4d/exclusive_we_can_now_definitively_state_that/?st=j8s7535j&sh=36805d5d
  96. The Bush and Gore campaigns of 2000 used methods similar to the Chinese government for conducting “guided discussions” in chatrooms designed to influence citizens https://np.reddit.com/r/shills/comments/3xhoq8/til_the_advent_of_social_media_offers_new_routes/?st=j0o5xr9c&sh=3662f0dc
  97. source paper. https://np.reddit.com/r/shills/comments/4d3l3s/government_agents_and_their_allies_might_enter/
  98. or Click Here. https://np.reddit.com/r/shills/comments/4kdq7n/astroturfing_information_megathread_revision_8/?st=iwlbcoon&sh=9e44591e
  99. Alleged paid shill leaks details of organization and actions. https://np.reddit.com/r/shills/comments/4wl19r/alleged_paid_shill_leaks_details_of_organization/?st=irktcssh&sh=8713f4be
  100. Shill Confessions and Additional Information https://np.reddit.com/r/shills/comments/5pzcnx/shill_confessions_and_additional_information/?st=izz0ga8r&sh=43621acd
  101. Corporate and governmental manipulation of Wikipedia articles https://np.reddit.com/r/shills/comments/5sb7pi/new_york_times_corporate_editing_of_wikipedia/?st=iyteny9b&sh=b488263f
  102. Ex -MMA fighter and ex-police officer exposes corrupt police practices https://np.reddit.com/r/shills/comments/6jn27s/ex_mma_fighter_and_expolice_officer_exposes/
  103. User pushes InfoWars links on Reddit https://np.reddit.com/r/shills/comments/6uau99/chemicals_in_reddit_are_turning_memes_gay_take/?st=j6r0g2om&sh=96f3dbf4
  104. Some websites use shill accounts to spam their competitor's articles https://np.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/1ja4nf/lets_talk_about_those_playing_reddit_with/?st=iunay35w&sh=d841095d
  105. User posts video using GoPro https://np.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/2ejpbb/yes_it_is_true_i_boiled_my_gopro_to_get_you_this/ck0btnb/?context=3&st=j0qt0xnf&sh=ef13ba81
  106. Fracking shill whistleblower spills the beans on Fracking Internet PR https://np.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/31wo57/the_chevron_tapes_video_shows_oil_giant_allegedly/cq5uhse?context=3
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