Dead internet theory community infiltration by federal informants theory

This theory holds that the Dead internet theory community is shaped by an unusually high proportion of federal informants embedded in leadership, online moderator roles, or in-person organizing. Proponents cite criminal case unsealings where defendants turned out to be cooperating witnesses, and historical precedent from COINTELPRO-era infiltration of dissident groups.

Documented federal informant programs are real and persistent. Estimating their density inside any specific contemporary movement requires court records, FOIA disclosures, and journalist investigations, which lag the news cycle by years.

The theory tends to surge after high-profile arrests where the indictment reveals long-running cooperator presence.

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