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by spindritf 5012 days ago
> Limit liability.

IANAL but I don't think a company needs to be "untraceable" to limit liability of its owners.
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willrobinson 5012 days ago
3. Control bad PR. Warrantless threats of litigation are attributed to the shell not the troll. As far as the press can see the troll is not involved.
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genwin 5012 days ago
A shell limits the liability to $thousands instead of potentially $millions.
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