Two examples among many to point out that the orders come from above(, or, as they may admit on the occasion, public-private partnerships), hate Youtube all you want but don’t be blind to their pressure(, you could also remark that the government itself is taking orders/“advices” from other people, i.d.k.) :

I’m sure that you could find many more people than these, as well as examples of bot armies and wikipedia editing, but here’s some other recent examples :

Of course, yeah, even if i regret that things aren’t better, i’m also glad that things aren’t worse. Unfortunately they’re progressing towards the latter.