Articles By
Josh A. Goldstein
Research Note
Research note: This salesperson does not exist: How tactics from political influence operations on social media are deployed for commercial lead generation
Josh A. Goldstein and Renée DiResta
Researchers of foreign and domestic influence operations document tactics that frequently recur in covert propaganda campaigns on social media, including backstopping fake personas with plausible biographies or histories, using GAN-generated images as profile photos, and outsourcing account management to paid organizations.