The good news from the propogandists point of view is that it seems you only need to pay people very small amounts of money (50 cents) to encourage them to enga

The good news from the propogandists point of view is that it seems you only need to pay people very small amounts of money (50 cents) to encourage them to engage in propaganda. With the budgets available to governments this should permit them to scale their human operations quite well. In a totally unscientific sampling, I've seen plenty of stuff in the last few years in terms of news articles and YouTube videos which certainly look like explicit propaganda. The problem is that propaganda may often be subtle, with no easy method to clearly identify astroturfers from genuine opinions.