front group

English

Alternative forms

• frontgroup

Noun

front group (plural front groups)

1. A front organization that appears to be an independent voluntary association or charitable organization.

   Coordinate term: front company

   • 2017 November 2, Micah White, “I started Occupy Wall Street. Russia tried to co-opt me”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Black Matters was one of many fake activist groups, such as Blacktivist and the police brutality tracker DoNotShoot.us, created to mimic and influence American protesters. RBC discovered around 120 Facebook, Twitter and Instagram frontgroup accounts with a combined total of 6 million followers and likes.

Further reading

• front organization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia