'Puppets' Emerge as Internet's Effective, and Deceptive, Salesmen

Beware the Internet's meat puppets. And sock puppets. And trolls and shills and astroturfing and other forms of dubious online marketing.
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Frank Ahrens

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'Puppets' Emerge as Internet's Effective, and Deceptive, Salesmen

Frank Ahrens