This Curtis Hougland who is mentioned started a company in 2016 named
Main Street One .
Main Street One's home page notes their purpose is
"repairs harmful narratives and advances positive ones on behalf of causes, campaigns, and companies. Our intelligence system tracks opportunities to shift public discourse and then outputs messages and content to change the outcome."
Main Street One ran an OP during the 2020 Super Bowl named #MuteTrump! where participants were compensated.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/202...super-bowl-ad/
From Vanity Fair:
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In previous years Hougland had received funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Pentagon’s research unit for emerging technologies, to assist in the propaganda fight against ISIS, which had developed a small but sophisticated content machine that exploited social networks to amplify its vision. It was low cost and powerful: just 5% of identified ISIS members were making 80% of its online content spreading around the world.
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https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019...e-age-of-trump