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Crypto PAC Contracts Firms to Run Undisclosed Accounts Boosting Candidate

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Users condemned crypto and pro-safety PACs for allegedly deploying undisclosed sock-puppet accounts and bots to boost candidates, seeing the tactics as deceptive astroturfing.

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Tyler Johnston@tyler_johnston

That being said, at least they refused to comment, unlike the OpenAI/a16z PAC which I worry is just straight-up lying here.

These bots were *very* conspicuously promoting niche Targeted Victory clients, and they totally stopped boosting LTF/BAAI right after our article dropped.

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Justin Bullock@JustinBullock14

@ShakeelHashim So. Many. Sock puppets.

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