It’s usually used for western news coverage of western backed protests, the signs will be blank, and filled in in English to manufacture whatever story western newspapers want to make about one of the “bad guy countries.” (there were quite a few of these people in China during covid and they were widely mocked for their very obviously artificial “white paper movement” over there, but it was treated as a 100% real protest against “authoritarianism” by western newspapers).
Of course, just because something has been used for astroturfed and manufactured protests doesn’t mean that is the only time it has ever been used. As you listed there, there are attempts to get around anti-protesting legislation (though as you also pointed out, that’s kind of pointless anyway, as people will be punished by the “spirit” of the law rather than the letter of it).
It’s usually used for western news coverage of western backed protests, the signs will be blank, and filled in in English to manufacture whatever story western newspapers want to make about one of the “bad guy countries.” (there were quite a few of these people in China during covid and they were widely mocked for their very obviously artificial “white paper movement” over there, but it was treated as a 100% real protest against “authoritarianism” by western newspapers).
Of course, just because something has been used for astroturfed and manufactured protests doesn’t mean that is the only time it has ever been used. As you listed there, there are attempts to get around anti-protesting legislation (though as you also pointed out, that’s kind of pointless anyway, as people will be punished by the “spirit” of the law rather than the letter of it).