I have been looking for information for a long time on cases of interaction between bloggers from Europe and the USA and government agencies. In other words, all confirmed cases of such interactions in which bloggers promoted the initiatives or narratives of the government with which they collaborated.
Can you write about the most high-profile cases?

Thanks in advance!

4 hours ago, Anin14k said:

I have been looking for information for a long time on cases of interaction between bloggers from Europe and the USA and government agencies.

What do you have so far?

11 hours ago, Phi for All said:

What do you have so far?

There is information on this matter from the countries of the former Soviet Union. As for the EU & US. there is diproportionaly less information.

1 hour ago, Anin14k said:

There is information on this matter from the countries of the former Soviet Union. As for the EU & US. there is diproportionaly less information.

Information from what sources, and how is credibility established?

On 11/17/2025 at 3:10 PM, exchemist said:

Information from what sources, and how is credibility established?

That's the point) The sources can be anything, since it is the precedents that are of interest, and not the described and analyzed cases

In other words, I need a field for research. Can you list from memory some cases that could be studied?

33 minutes ago, Anin14k said:

That's the point) The sources can be anything, since it is the precedents that are of interest, and not the described and analyzed cases

In other words, I need a field for research. Can you list from memory some cases that could be studied?

I was asking you about what information sources you were relying, when you spoke of information being available from countries of the former USSR.

I suspect, you see, that the phenomenon you describe, of bloggers engaged by the state to promote the state’s viewpoints, does not really exist on a significant scale in Western Europe. In the US, I would have said the same until very recently, though this is changing under Trump, due to the power over social media wielded by people like Musk.

Whereas in the former East Bloc, where for decades it was normal for the state to engage in disguised attempts to manipulate opinion, I can imagine this would be a concern people might have, causing them to make the effort to monitor it.