Democratic Influencers Secretly Paid $8,000 Monthly by Dark Money Group for Online Messaging
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Summary
A secretive dark money group called Chorus, the nonprofit arm of a liberal influencer marketing platform, is secretly paying high-profile Democratic influencers up to $8,000 per month to promote Democratic messaging online. The program requires extensive secrecy about the payments and imposes content restrictions on what political content the creators can produce. The initiative aims to bolster Democratic messaging on the internet while keeping the financial arrangements hidden from the public.
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· 5 pulledThey were being offered $8,000 per month to take part in a secretive program aimed at bolstering Democratic messaging on the internet.
The contract sent to them from Chorus, the nonprofit arm of a liberal influencer marketing platform, came with some strings.
It mandated extensive secrecy about disclosing their payments and had restrictions on what sort of political content the creators could produce.
An initiative aimed at boosting Democrats online offers influencers up to $8,000 a month to push the party line.
All they have to do is keep it secret—and agree to restrictions on their content.
An initiative aimed at boosting Democrats online offers influencers up to $8,000 a month to push the party line. All they have to do is keep it secret—and agree to restrictions on their content.
