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*** Done ''several times'' and on a large scale for 2016 Alabama senate race Doug Jones vs. Roy Moore — or, as ''The New York Times'' [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/us/alabama-senate-roy-jones-russia.html called it], "secret experiment" — by "New Knowledge" group (it's a [https://off-guardian.org/2019/02/04/new-knowledge-and-the-same-old-same-old/ rather curious organisation]).
** And when entertainment gets overrun by politics, it results in things like "Down With Disney" account on Twitter and Facebook, aka "[https://twitter.com/EthanVanSciver/status/1005665248077123589 WORLD’S MOST HILARIOUS FAKE ACCOUNT]". Which despite having tiny following was promoted by Disney-friendly press as the typical example of hatey haters in "toxic fandom". It even tried to associate itself with specific fans decrying Disney ''Star Wars'', then vanished soon after being caught and denounced as fake.
*** …which turns out to be a part of larger campaign using the same tactics more. One participant even resorted to stealing the identity of his then- (now ex-)wife in order to collect a male fan following in an attempt to [[Divide and Conquer]] the fandom, and disseminate fake inside information. Articles [https://disneystarwarsisdumb.wordpress.com/2018/12/13/lucasfilm-orchestrated-kmt-harassment/ here] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20170730000223/http://millenniumfalcon.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=2015&t=9605 here].
* Operation Trust, in which the Cheka (the first USSR state security service) ran fake counter-revolutionary groups so they could expose and arrest real Soviet counter-revolutionaries.
* In 1975, Indonesia tried to convince the international world that their invasion of East Timor was in fact an independent action by pro-Indonesia factions such as APODETI by giving their paratroopers Russian weapons, and... [[Too Dumb to Live|not much else]]. If that's too hard for you to believe, consider the fact that during the invasion, Indonesian cargo planes accidentally dropped troops on the sea and the forces on the ground traded so much friendly fire that there might've been more Indonesian casualties from friendly fire than from the poorly-armed Fretilin resistance fighters.
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