According to the comments r/europe_sub and r/canada_sub might be involved as well.

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    2 months ago

    Sorry I thought this was more common, it’s definitely wall Street bets

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      2 months ago

      Do you mean investors are trying to manipulate stocks by planting stories? Yeah, I think so. But intelligence agencies have whole training programs on how to manipulate narratives, and a very long track record of doing so.

      See: Israel’s hasbara apparatus,

      GCHQ leaked documents on infiltrating and derailing socialist discussions,

      Church Committee Hearings,

      “The Cultural Cold War” by Frances Stonor Saunders.

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        5 days ago

        Astroturfing is definitely a thing that exists but what evidence is there that palantir the company is spending resources that way?

        Most companies have marketing and PR departments, not GCHQ and IDF veterans