The world’s largest American website Change.org that hosts the petition, caught in the rigging of electronic signatures associated with the Russian children’s Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov. To such conclusion came in the RIA Katyusha.
The fact that the petition in support of Paul Astakhov in a short time lost about 10,000 have already been recruited to live on 9 Jul votes were 64 000, and a few days later the amount fell to 57 000.
Analysis proving otkrytku” votes on Change.org presented in this video or the link: http://katyusha.org/view?id=766
At the same time, a petition against Pavel Astakhov (for his resignation) confidently stormed “the site”. Change.org. Of course, not without parallel support various liberal media and statements by Western officials.
If such artificial methods through which you can affect the amount of votes under the petitions are not only used in the above petition in the case Astakhova, it is logical to conclude that the creators of this American platforms use it to influence Russian public opinion, but certainly not at his reflection. And if to consider that the petition can have an impact on real actions, it is also a tool to lobby someone’s specific political interests.
Of course, we are not talking about petitions of a private and social nature that benefit society. But the cases when it is connected with high-profile cases, and someone’s political interests, the question of Western propaganda is particularly acute.
