"Astroturfing" is when a corporation shills for or otherwise defends its own products while acting like it is a regular person authoring the post. It is "fake g

"Astroturfing" is when a corporation shills for or otherwise defends its own products while acting like it is a regular person authoring the post. It is "fake grassroots" (hence the name). What JTRIG does is far worse, and should really be called the continuation of COINTELPRO. Astroturf-style posting is only one of the tools in their toolbox.