# Cow online opinion leaders

* **Type**: Technique

* **Name**: Cow online opinion leaders

* **Id**: T0048

* **Summary**: Intimidate, coerce, threaten critics/dissidents/journalists via trolling, doxing. Examples: Philippines, Maria Ressa and Rappler journalists targeted Duterte regime, lawsuits, trollings, banned from the presidential palace where press briefings take place; 2017 bot attack on five ProPublica Journalists.

* **Tactic**: TA09


| Incident | Descriptions given for this incident |
| -------- | -------------------- |
| [I00033 China 50cent Army](../incidents/I00033.md) | cow online opinion leaders into submission, muzzling social media as a political force |



| Counters |
| -------- |
| [C00027 Create culture of civility](../counters/C00027.md) |
| [C00048 Name and Shame](../counters/C00048.md) |
| [C00055 Empower existing regulators to govern social media](../counters/C00055.md) |
| [C00093 Establish tailored code of conduct for individuals with many followers](../counters/C00093.md) |
| [C00115 Expose actor and intentions](../counters/C00115.md) |


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