front group
noun1
A front organization that appears to be an independent voluntary association or charitable organization.
- 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.2017 November 2, Micah White, “I started Occupy Wall Street. Russia tried to co-opt me”, in The Guardian: