# AMITT Counters:
id name summary metatechnique tactic responsetype
C00006 Charge for social media Include a paid-for privacy option, e.g. pay Facebook for an option of them not collecting your personal information. There are examples of this not work, e.g. most people don’t use proton mail etc. M004 - friction TA01 Strategic Planning D2 Deny
C00006 Censorship Alter and/or block the publication/dissemination of adversary controlled information M005 - removal TA01 Strategic Planning D2 Deny
C00008 Create shared fact-checking database Snopes is best-known example M006 - scoring TA01 Strategic Planning D4 Degrade
C00009 Educate high profile influencers on best practices M001 - resilience TA02 Objective Planning D2 Deny
C00010 Enhanced privacy regulation for social media Privacy standards M004 - friction TA01 Strategic Planning D2 Deny
C00011 Media literacy. Games to identify fake news M001 - resilience TA02 Objective Planning D2 Deny
C00012 Platform regulation Empower existing regulators to govern social media. Also covers Destroy. Includes: Include the role of social media in the regulatory framework for media - The European Union created significant new regulations in 2018; the U.S. approach will need to be carefully crafted to protect First Amendment principles, create needed transparency, ensure liability, and impose costs for noncompliance. Includes Create policy that makes social media police disinformation - example: German model: facebook forced to police content by law. Includes: Use fraud legislation to clean up social media M007 - metatechnique TA01 Strategic Planning D2 Deny
C00013 Rating framework for news This is "strategic innoculation", raising the standards of what people expect in terms of evidence when consuming news. Example: journalistic ethics, or journalistic licensing body. Include full transcripts, link source, add items. M006 - scoring TA01 Strategic Planning D2 Deny
C00014 Real-time updates to fact-checking database existing examples at Buzzfeed and Fema, especially during disasters M006 - scoring TA06 Develop Content D4 Degrade
C00017 Repair broken social connections For example, use a media campaign to promote in-group to out-group in person communication / activities . Technique could be in terms of forcing a reality-check by talking to people instead of reading about bogeymen. M010 - countermessaging TA01 Strategic Planning D3 Disrupt
C00019 Reduce effect of division-enablers includes Promote constructive communication by shaming division-enablers, and Promote playbooks to call out division-enablers M003 - daylight TA01 Strategic Planning D3 Disrupt
C00021 Encourage in-person communication M001 - resilience TA01 Strategic Planning D4 Degrade
C00022 Innoculate. Positive campaign to promote feeling of safety Used to counter ability based and fear based attacks M001 - resilience TA01 Strategic Planning D4 Degrade
C00024 Promote healthy narratives Includes promoting constructive narratives i.e. not polarising (e.g. pro-life, pro-choice, pro-USA). Includes promoting identity neutral narratives. M001 - resilience TA01 Strategic Planning D4 Degrade
C00026 Shore up democracy based messages Messages about e.g. peace, freedom. And make it sexy. Includes Deploy Information and Narrative-Building in Service of Statecraft: Promote a narrative of transparency, truthfulness, liberal values, and democracy. Implement a compelling narrative via effective mechanisms of communication. Continually reassess U.S. messages, mechanisms, and audiences over time. Counteract efforts to manipulate media, undermine free markets, and suppress political freedoms via public diplomacy M010 - countermessaging TA01 Strategic Planning D4 Degrade
C00027 Create culture of civility This is passive. Includes promoting civility as an identity that people will defend. M001 - resilience TA01 Strategic Planning D7 Deter
C00028 Make information provenance available Blockchain audit log and validation with collaborative decryption to post comments. Use blockchain technology to require collaborative validation before posts or comments are submitted. This could be used to adjust upvote weight via a trust factor of people and organisations you trust, or other criteria. M011 - verification TA02 Objective Planning D3 Disrupt
C00029 Create fake website to issue counter narrative and counter narrative through physical merchandise M002 - diversion TA02 Objective Planning D3 Disrupt
C00030 Develop a compelling counter narrative (truth based) Example: Reality Team. https://www.isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Counter-narrative-Handbook_1.pdf M002 - diversion TA02 Objective Planning D3 Disrupt
C00031 Dilute the core narrative - create multiple permutations, target / amplify Create competing narratives. Included "Facilitate State Propaganda" as diluting the narrative could have an effect on the pro-state narrative used by volunteers, or lower their involvement. M009 - dilution TA02 Objective Planning D3 Disrupt
C00032 Hijack content and link to truth- based info Link to platform M002 - diversion TA06 Develop Content D3 Disrupt
C00034 Create more friction at account creation Counters fake account M004 - friction TA03 Develop People D2 Deny
C00036 Infiltrate the in-group to discredit leaders (divide) All of these would be highly affected by infiltration or false-claims of infiltration. M013 - targeting TA03 Develop People D2 Deny
C00040 third party verification for people counters fake experts M011 - verification TA03 Develop People D2 Deny
C00042 Address truth contained in narratives M010 - countermessaging TA03 Develop People D3 Disrupt
C00044 Keep people from posting to social media immediately My interpretation is that this is method would be used to slow down activities or force a small delay between posts or replies to new posts. M004 - friction TA03 Develop People D3 Disrupt
C00046 Marginalise and discredit extremist groups M013 - targeting TA03 Develop People D4 Degrade
C00047 Coordinated inauthentics M008 - data pollution TA04 Develop Networks D5 Deceive
C00048 Name and Shame Influencers Think about the different levels: individual vs state-sponsored account. Includes “call them out” and “name and shame”. Note that USAID operations were at a different level. Identify social media accounts as sources of propaganda—“calling them out”— might be helpful to prevent the spread of their message to audiences that otherwise would consider them factual. USAID has been restructuring its programs to address predatory Chinese development projects and the information operations that support them. USAID’s new strategy has tailored programs to counter Chinese educational exchange programs and to support free and fair elections, youth empowerment, democratic governance, and free press. USAID’s Russia regional teams have also been compiling a strategy for Russia’s information operations. One strong point of USAID’s programming is a system of indicators and measurements for a country’s vulnerability to foreign influence and information operations. Identify, monitor, and, if necessary, target externally-based nonattributed social media accounts. Impact of and Dealing with Trolls - "Chatham House has observed that trolls also sometimes function as decoys, as a way of “keeping the infantry busy” that “aims to wear down the other side” (Lough et al., 2014). Another type of troll involves “false accounts posing as authoritative information sources on social media”. M003 - daylight TA03 Develop People D7 Deter
C00051 Counter social engineering training Includes anti-elicitation training, phishing prevention education. M001 - resilience TA03 Develop People D2 Deny
C00052 Infiltrate platforms Detect and degrade M013 - targeting TA04 Develop Networks D4 Degrade
C00053 Delete old accounts / Remove unused social media accounts M012 - cleaning TA04 Develop Networks D4 Degrade
C00056 Get off social media We don't expect this to work M004 - friction TA04 Develop Networks D2 Deny
C00058 Report crowdfunder as violator counters crowdfunding. Includes ‘Expose online funding as fake”. M005 - removal TA03 Develop People D2 Deny
C00059 Verification of project before posting (counters funding campaigns) M011 - verification TA04 Develop Networks D2 Deny
C00060 Legal action against for-profit engagement factories M013 - targeting TA02 Objective Planning D3 Disrupt
C00062 Free open library sources worldwide Open-source libraries could be created that aid in some way for each technique. Even for Strategic Planning, some open-source frameworks such as AMITT can be created to counter the adversarial efforts. M010 - countermessaging TA04 Develop Networks D4 Degrade
C00065 Reduce political targeting Includes “ban political micro targeting” and “ban political ads” M005 - removal TA05 Microtargeting D3 Disrupt
C00066 Co-opt a hashtag and drown it out (hijack it back) M009 - dilution TA05 Microtargeting D3 Disrupt
C00067 Denigrate the recipient/ project (of online funding) M013 - targeting TA03 Develop People D3 Disrupt
C00070 Block access to disinformation resources Resources = accounts, channels etc. Block access to platform. DDOS an attacker. TA02*: DDOS at the critical time (ie. midterm-2018 elections DDOS against troll farms) to deny an adversary's time-bound objective. T0008: A quick response to a proto-viral story will affect it's ability to spread and raise questions about their legitimacy. Hashtag: Against the platform, by drowning the hashtag. T0046 - Search Engine Optimization: Sub-optimal website performance affect its search engine rank, which I interpret as "blocking access to a platform". M005 - removal TA02 Objective Planning D2 Deny
C00071 Block source of pollution M005 - removal TA06 Develop Content D2 Deny
C00072 Remove non-relevant content from special interest groups – not recommended M005 - removal TA06 Develop Content D2 Deny
C00073 Inoculate populations through media literacy training Use training to build the resilience of at-risk populations. Educate on how to handle info pollution. Push out targeted education on why it's pollution. Build cultural resistance to false content, e.g. cultural resistance to bullshit. Influence literacy training, to inoculate against “cult” recruiting. Media literacy training: leverage librarians / library for media literacy training. Inoculate at language. Strategic planning included as inoculating population has strategic value. Example is the "Learn to Discern" Program, funded by the Canadian government, operated in Ukraine from July 2015 to March 2016. The program trained 15,000 Ukrainians in ‘’safe, informed media consumption techniques,’’ including avoiding emotional manipulation, verifying sources, identifying hate speech, verifying expert credentials, detecting censorship, and debunking news, photos, and videos.” Example: NGO Baltic Centre for Media Excellence, with some international funding, provides training to journalists in the Baltics and conducts media literacy training in the region. In addition to helping journalists avoid becoming “unwitting multipliers of misleading information,” the organization works with school teachers in the region to help them “decode media and incorporate media research into teaching.” concepts of media literacy to a mass audience that authorities launch a public information campaign that teaches the program will take time to develop and establish impact, recommends curriculum-based training. Covers detect, deny, and degrade. M001 - resilience TA01 Strategic Planning D2 Deny
C00074 Identify and delete or rate limit identical content M012 - cleaning TA06 Develop Content D2 Deny
C00075 normalise language M010 - countermessaging TA06 Develop Content D2 Deny
C00076 Prohibit images in political discourse channels M005 - removal TA06 Develop Content D2 Deny
C00077 Active defence: run TA03 "develop people” - not recommended M013 - targeting TA03 Develop People D3 Disrupt
C00078 Change Search Algorithms for Disinformation Content Includes “change image search algorithms for hate groups and extremists” and “Change search algorithms for hate and extremist queries to show content sympathetic to opposite side” M002 - diversion TA06 Develop Content D3 Disrupt
C00080 Create competing narrative Could also be degrade M002 - diversion TA06 Develop Content D3 Disrupt
C00081 Highlight flooding and noise, and explain motivations Discredit by pointing out the "noise" and informing public that "flooding" is a technique of disinformation campaigns; point out intended objective of "noise" M003 - daylight TA06 Develop Content D3 Disrupt
C00082 Ground truthing as automated response to pollution e.g. RealityTeam work that adds clear information to spaces with disinformation in. Also inoculation. M010 - countermessaging TA06 Develop Content D3 Disrupt
C00084 Modify disinformation narratives, and rebroadcast them Includes “poison pill recasting of message” and “steal their truths”. Many techniques involve promotion which could be manipulated. For example, online fundings or rallies could be advertised, through compromised or fake channels, as being associated with "far-up/down/left/right" actors. "Long Game" narratives could be subjected in a similar way with negative connotations. Can also replay technique T0003. M002 - diversion TA06 Develop Content D3 Disrupt
C00085 Mute content Rate-limit disinformation content. Reduces its effects, whilst not running afoul of censorship concerns. Online archives of content (archives of websites, social media profiles, media, copies of published advertisements; or archives of comments attributed to bad actors, as well as anonymized metadata about users who interacted with them and analysis of the effect) is useful for intelligence analysis and public transparency, but will need similar muting or tagging/ shaming as associated with bad actors. M003 - daylight TA06 Develop Content D3 Disrupt
C00086 Distract from noise with addictive content Example: Interject addictive links or contents into discussions of disinformation materials and measure a "conversion rate" of users who engage with your content and away from the social media channel's "information bubble" around the disinformation item. Use bots to amplify and upvote the addictive content. Note: This sounds eerlily like many Reddit communities where the most upvoted comments are all jokes, preventing serious discussion from being discovered by those who filter by upvotes. M002 - diversion TA06 Develop Content D4 Degrade
C00087 Make more noise than the disinformation Examples: kPop stans, #proudboys takeover by LGBT community M009 - dilution TA06 Develop Content D4 Degrade
C00090 Fake engagement system M002 - diversion TA07 Channel Selection D5 Deceive
C00091 Honeypot social community Set honeypots, e.g. communities, in networks likely to be used for disinformation. M002 - diversion TA06 Develop Content D5 Deceive
C00092 Establish a truth teller reputation score for influencers Includes "Establish a truth teller reputation score for influencers” and “Reputation scores for social media users”. Influencers are individuals or accounts with many followers. M006 - scoring TA02 Objective Planning D7 Deter
C00093 Influencer code of conduct Establish tailored code of conduct for individuals with many followers. Can be platform code of conduct; can also be community code, e.g. the Pro-Truth Pledge. M001 - resilience TA03 Develop People D7 Deter
C00094 Force full disclosure on corporate sponsor of research Accountability move: make sure research is published with its funding sources. M003 - daylight TA06 Develop Content D4 Degrade
C00096 Strengthen institutions that are always truth tellers M006 - scoring TA01 Strategic Planning D7 Deter
C00097 Require use of verified identities to contribute to poll or comment M004 - friction TA07 Channel Selection D2 Deny
C00098 Revocation of allowlisted or "verified" status M004 - friction TA07 Channel Selection D2 Deny
C00099 Strengthen verification methods M004 - friction TA07 Channel Selection D2 Deny
C00100 Hashtag jacking M002 - diversion TA08 Pump Priming D3 Disrupt
C00101 Create friction by rate-limiting engagement Create participant friction. Includes Make repeat voting hard, and throttle number of forwards. M004 - friction TA07 Channel Selection D4 Degrade
C00103 Create a bot that engages / distract trolls This is reactive, not active measure (honeypots are active). It's a platform controlled measure. M002 - diversion TA07 Channel Selection D5 Deceive
C00105 Buy more advertising than the adversary to shift influence and algorithms M009 - dilution TA07 Channel Selection D3 Disrupt
C00106 Click-bait centrist content Create emotive centrist content that gets more clicks M002 - diversion TA06 Develop Content D3 Disrupt
C00107 Content moderation includes social media content take-downs, e.g. facebook or Twitter content take-downs M006 - scoring, M005 - removal TA06 Develop Content D2 Deny
C00109 Dampen Emotional Reaction M001 - resilience TA09 Exposure D3 Disrupt
C00111 Reduce polarisation by connecting and presenting sympathetic renditions of opposite views Example: The Commons Project (BuildUp) work. M001 - resilience TA01 Strategic Planning D4 Degrade
C00112 "Prove they are not an op!" M004 - friction TA08 Pump Priming D2 Deny
C00113 Debunk and defuse a fake expert / credentials. Attack audience quality of fake expert M003 - daylight TA08 Pump Priming D2 Deny
C00114 Don't engage with payloads M004 - friction TA08 Pump Priming D2 Deny
C00115 Expose actor and intentions M003 - daylight TA08 Pump Priming D2 Deny
C00116 Provide proof of involvement M003 - daylight TA08 Pump Priming D2 Deny
C00117 Downgrade / de-amplify so message is seen by fewer people Label promote counter to disinformation M010 - countermessaging TA08 Pump Priming D4 Degrade
C00118 Repurpose images with new text M010 - countermessaging TA08 Pump Priming D4 Degrade
C00119 Engage payload and debunk. Provide link to facts. Might be okay. M010 - countermessaging TA08 Pump Priming D7 Deter
C00120 Open dialogue about design of platforms to produce different outcomes M007 - metatechnique TA08 Pump Priming D7 Deter
C00121 Tool transparency and literacy for channels people follow. M001 - resilience TA08 Pump Priming D7 Deter
C00122 Content moderation Beware: content moderation misused becomes censorship. M004 - friction TA09 Exposure D2 Deny
C00123 Remove or rate limit botnets M004 - friction TA09 Exposure D3 Disrupt
C00124 Don't feed the trolls M004 - friction TA09 Exposure D3 Disrupt
C00125 Prebunking M001 - resilience TA09 Exposure D3 Disrupt
C00126 Social media amber alert M003 - daylight TA09 Exposure D3 Disrupt
C00128 Create friction by marking content with ridicule or other "decelerants" M009 - dilution TA09 Exposure D3 Disrupt
C00129 Use banking to cut off access fiscal sanctions; parallel to counter terrorism M014 - reduce resources TA09 Exposure D2 Deny
C00130 Mentorship: elders, youth, credit. Learn vicariously. M001 - resilience TA05 Microtargeting D7 Deter
C00131 Seize and analyse botnet servers M005 - removal TA11 Persistence D2 Deny
C00133 Deplatform Account* Note: Similar to Deplatform People but less generic. Perhaps both should be left. M005 - removal TA03 Develop People D3 Disrupt
C00135 Deplatform message groups and/or message boards Merged two rows here. M005 - removal TA04 Develop Networks D3 Disrupt
C00136 Microtarget most likely targets then send them countermessages M010 - countermessaging TA08 Pump Priming D3 Disrupt
C00138 Spam domestic actors with lawsuits M014 - reduce resources TA11 Persistence D3 Disrupt
C00139 Weaponise youtube content matrices God knows what this is. Keeping temporarily in case we work it out. M004 - friction TA11 Persistence D3 Disrupt
C00140 "Bomb" link shorteners with lots of calls Applies to most of the content used by exposure techniques except "T0055 - Use hashtag”. Applies to analytics M008 - data pollution TA12 Measure Effectiveness D3 Disrupt
C00142 Platform adds warning label and decision point when sharing content Includes “this has been disproved: do you want to forward it”. Includes “"Hey this story is old" popup when messaging with old URL” - this assumes that this technique is based on visits to an URL shortener or a captured news site that can publish a message of our choice. Includes “mark clickbait visually”. M004 - friction TA06 Develop Content D4 Degrade
C00143 (botnet) DMCA takedown requests to waste group time Use copyright infringement claims to remove videos etc. M013 - targeting TA11 Persistence D4 Degrade
C00144 Buy out troll farm employees / offer them jobs Degrade the infrastructure. Could e.g. pay to not act for 30 days. Not recommended M014 - reduce resources TA02 Objective Planning D4 Degrade
C00147 Make amplification of social media ports expire (e.g. can't like/ retweet after n days) M004 - friction TA09 Exposure D3 Disrupt
C00148 Add random links to network graphs If creators are using network analysis to determine how to attack networks, then adding random extra links to those networks might throw that analysis out enough to change attack outcomes. Unsure which AMITT techniques. M008 - data pollution TA12 Measure Effectiveness D4 Degrade
C00149 Poison the monitoring & evaluation data Includes Pollute the AB-testing data feeds: Polluting A/B testing requires knowledge of MOEs and MOPs. A/B testing must be caught early when there is relatively little data available so infiltration of TAs and understanding of how content is migrated from testing to larger audiences is fundamental. M008 - data pollution TA12 Measure Effectiveness D4 Degrade
C00153 Take pre-emptive action against actors' infrastructure Align offensive cyber action with information operations and counter disinformation approaches, where appropriate. M013 - targeting TA01 Strategic Planning D3 Disrupt
C00154 Ask media not to report false information M005 - removal TA08 Pump Priming D2 Deny
C00155 Ban incident actors from funding sites M005 - removal TA03 Develop People D2 Deny
C00156 Better tell your country or organization story Civil engagement activities conducted on the part of EFP forces. In Latvia, for example, U.S. soldiers have reportedly conducted numerous civil engagements with the local populations. In one example, soldiers cut firewood for local Russian-speaking Latvians. Locals were reportedly overheard saying, “A Russian soldier wouldn’t do that.” NATO should likewise provide support and training, where needed, to local public affairs and other communication personnel. Local government and military public affairs personnel can play their part in creating and disseminating entertaining and sharable content that supports the EFP mission. M010 - countermessaging TA02 Objective Planning D3 Disrupt
C00159 Have a disinformation response plan e.g. Create a campaign plan and toolkit for competition short of armed conflict (this used to be called “the grey zone”). The campaign plan should account for own vulnerabilities and strengths, and not over-rely on any one tool of statecraft or line of effort. It will identify and employ a broad spectrum of national power to deter, compete, and counter (where necessary) other countries’ approaches, and will include understanding of own capabilities, capabilities of disinformation creators, and international standards of conduct to compete in, shrink the size, and ultimately deter use of competition short of armed conflict. M007 - metatechnique TA01 Strategic Planning D3 Disrupt
C00160 find and train influencers Identify key influencers (e.g. use network analysis), then reach out to identified users and offer support, through either training or resources. M001 - resilience TA03 Develop People D2 Deny
C00161 Coalition Building with stakeholders and Third-Party Inducements Advance coalitions across borders and sectors, spanning public and private, as well as foreign and domestic, divides. Improve mechanisms to collaborate, share information, and develop coordinated approaches with the private sector at home and allies and partners abroad. M007 - metatechnique TA01 Strategic Planning D7 Deter
C00162 Unravel/target the Potemkin villages Kremlin’s narrative spin extends through constellations of “civil society” organizations, political parties, churches, and other actors. Moscow leverages think tanks, human rights groups, election observers, Eurasianist integration groups, and orthodox groups. A collection of Russian civil society organizations, such as the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation, together receive at least US$100 million per year, in addition to government-organized nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), at least 150 of which are funded by Russian presidential grants totaling US$70 million per year. M013 - targeting TA04 Develop Networks D3 Disrupt
C00164 compatriot policy protect the interests of this population and, more importantly, influence the population to support pro-Russia causes and effectively influence the politics of its neighbors M013 - targeting TA02 Objective Planning D3 Disrupt
C00165 Ensure integrity of official documents e.g. for leaked legal documents, use court motions to limit future discovery actions M004 - friction TA06 Develop Content D2 Deny
C00169 develop a creative content hub international donors will donate to a basket fund that will pay a committee of local experts who will, in turn, manage and distribute the money to Russian-language producers and broadcasters that pitch various projects. M010 - countermessaging TA02 Objective Planning D3 Disrupt
C00170 elevate information as a critical domain of statecraft Shift from reactive to proactive response, with priority on sharing relevant information with the public and mobilizing private-sector engagement. Recent advances in data-driven technologies have elevated information as a source of power to influence the political and economic environment, to foster economic growth, to enable a decision-making advantage over competitors, and to communicate securely and quickly. M007 - metatechnique TA01 Strategic Planning D3 Disrupt
C00172 social media source removal Removing accounts, pages, groups, e.g. facebook page removal M005 - removal TA04 Develop Networks D2 Deny
C00174 Create a healthier news environment Free and fair press: create bipartisan, patriotic commitment to press freedom. Note difference between news and editorialising. Build alternative news sources: create alternative local-language news sources to counter local-language propaganda outlets. Delegitimize the 24 hour news cycle. includes Provide an alternative to disinformation content by expanding and improving local content: Develop content that can displace geopolitically-motivated narratives in the entire media environment, both new and old media alike. M007 - metatechnique, M002 - diversion TA01 Strategic Planning D2 Deny
C00176 Improve Coordination amongst stakeholders: public and private Coordinated disinformation challenges are increasingly multidisciplinary, there are few organizations within the national security structures that are equipped with the broad-spectrum capability to effectively counter large-scale conflict short of war tactics in real-time. Institutional hurdles currently impede diverse subject matter experts, hailing from outside of the traditional national security and foreign policy disciplines (e.g., physical science, engineering, media, legal, and economics fields), from contributing to the direct development of national security countermeasures to emerging conflict short of war threat vectors. A Cognitive Security Action Group (CSAG), akin to the Counterterrorism Security Group (CSG), could drive interagency alignment across equivalents of DHS, DoS, DoD, Intelligence Community, and other implementing agencies, in areas including strategic narrative, and the nexus of cyber and information operations. M007 - metatechnique TA01 Strategic Planning D7 Deter
C00178 Fill information voids with non-disinformation content 1) Pollute the data voids with wholesome content (Kittens! Babyshark!). 2) fill data voids with relevant information, e.g. increase Russian-language programming in areas subject to Russian disinformation. Examples include using Current Time videos (viewed 40 million times online) to draw viewers away from Russian TV programming in RT and Sputnik. POtential content for this includes conventional entertainment programming (source: The conomist, “America’s Answer to Russian Propaganda TV,” 2017). M009 - dilution, M008 - data pollution TA05 Microtargeting D4 Degrade
C00182 Redirection / malware detection/ remediation Detect redirction or malware, then quarantine or delete. Example: (2015) Trustwave reported that a Bedep Trojan malware kit had begun infecting machines and forcing them to browse certain sites, artificially inflating traffic to a set of pro-Russia M005 - removal TA09 Exposure D2 Deny
C00184 Media exposure M003 - daylight TA08 Pump Priming D4 Degrade
C00188 Newsroom/Journalist training to counter influence moves Includes SEO influence. August 2014, Russian news agency Rossiya Segodnya commissioned a poll in France with poorly worded questions and a statistically insignificant subsample that RT used to back a story titled “15% of French people back ISIS [Islamic State of Iraq and Syria] militants, poll finds.” The story and summary infographic circulated on the internet, initially appearing primarily on French sites. After a week, the generally respectable digital U.S. news outlet Vox ran the story, now titled “One in Six French People Say They Support ISIS.” Although this effect has now worn off or been overwritten, for a time—despite a later story from The Washington Post debunking the claim—typing “ISIS France” into Google resulted in an autosuggestion of “ISIS France support” (Borthwick, 2015). Includes promotion of a “higher standard of journalism”: journalism training “would be helpful, especially for the online community. Includes Strengthen local media: Improve effectiveness of local media outlets. Using eastern Latvia media outlets as an example, one expert noted that the media outlets are “very weak,” are often politically affiliated, or have “little local oligarchs that control them.” M001 - resilience TA08 Pump Priming D3 Disrupt
C00189 Ensure that platforms are taking down flagged accounts Use ongoing analysis/monitoring of "flagged" profiles. Confirm whether platforms are actively removing flagged accounts, and raise pressure via e.g. government organizations to encourage removal M003 - daylight TA03 Develop People D6 Destroy
C00190 open engagement with civil society Government open engagement with civil society as an independent check on government action and messaging. Government seeks to coordinate and synchronize narrative themes with allies and partners while calibrating action in cases where elements in these countries may have been co-opted by competitor nations. Includes “fight in the light”: Use leadership in the arts, entertainment, and media to highlight and build on fundamental tenets of democracy. M001 - resilience TA01 Strategic Planning D3 Disrupt
C00195 Redirect searches away from disinformation or extremist content Use Google AdWords to identify instances in which people search Google about particular fake-news stories or Russian propaganda themes. Taking advantage of the technology behind Google AdWords, this method identifies potential ISIS recruits through their Google searches and exposes them to curated YouTube videos debunking ISIS recruiting themes. Apply this method to Russian propaganda. Includes Monetize centrist SEO by subsidizing the difference in greater clicks towards extremist content. M002 - diversion TA07 Channel Selection D2 Deny
C00197 remove suspicious accounts Standard reporting for false profiles (identity issues). Includes detecting hijacked accounts and reallocating them - if possible, back to original owners. M005 - removal TA03 Develop People D2 Deny
C00200 Respected figure (influencer) disavows misinfo Has been done in e.g. India. FIXIT: standardize language used for influencer/ respected figure. M010 - countermessaging TA09 Exposure D3 Disrupt
C00202 Set data 'honeytraps' Set honeytraps in content likely to be accessed for disinformation. NB Macron election team modified docs to spike a hack and leak. M002 - diversion TA06 Develop Content D2 Deny
C00203 Stop offering press credentials to propaganda outlets M004 - friction TA04 Develop Networks D3 Disrupt
C00205 strong dialogue between the federal government and private sector to encourage better reporting Increase civic resilience by partnering with business community to combat gray zone threats and ensuring adequate reporting and enforcement mechanisms. M007 - metatechnique TA01 Strategic Planning D3 Disrupt
C00207 Run a competing disinformation campaign - not recommended E.g. Saudi tit-for-tat campaign M013 - targeting TA02 Objective Planning D7 Deter
C00211 Use humorous counter-narratives Examples: * Baltic Elves. https://balkaninsight.com/2019/06/07/disinformation-nation-the-slovaks-fighting-in-defence-of-facts/ * Taiwan humor over rumor strategy.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/17/humour-over-rumour-taiwan-fake-news * Taiwan “humor over rumour" https://internews.org/story/using-comedy-and-social-media-educate-disinformation M010 - countermessaging TA09 Exposure D3 Disrupt
C00212 build public resilience by making civil society more vibrant Increase public service experience, and support wider civics and history education. M001 - resilience TA01 Strategic Planning D3 Disrupt
C00216 Use advertiser controls to stem flow of funds to bad actors Prevent ad revenue going to disinformation domains M014 - reduce resources TA05 Microtargeting D2 Deny
C00219 Add metadata to content that’s out of the control of disinformation creators Steganography. Adding date, signatures etc to stop issue of photo relabelling etc. M003 - daylight TA06 Develop Content D4 Degrade
C00220 Develop a monitoring and intelligence plan M007 - metatechnique TA01 Strategic Planning D3 Disrupt
C00221 Run a disinformation red team, and design mitigation factors Include PACE plans - Primary, Alternate, Contingency, Emergency M007 - metatechnique TA01 Strategic Planning D3 Disrupt
C00222 Tabletop simulations M007 - metatechnique TA02 Objective Planning D3 Disrupt
C00223 Strengthen Trust in social media platforms M001 - resilience TA01 Strategic Planning D3 Disrupt