# Technique T0009: Create fake experts

* **Summary**: Stories planted or promoted in computational propaganda operations often make use of experts fabricated from whole cloth, sometimes specifically for the story itself. For example, in the Jade Helm conspiracy theory promoted by SVR in 2015, a pair of experts--one of them naming himself a “Military Intelligence Analyst / Russian Regional CME” and the other a “Geopolitical Strategist, Journalist & Author”--pushed the story heavily on LinkedIn.

* **Belongs to tactic stage**: TA03


| Incident | Descriptions given for this incident |
| -------- | -------------------- |
| [I00044 JadeHelm exercise](../incidents/I00044.md) | Promote fake “experts” with impressive (and scary) titles |



| Counters | Response types |
| -------- | -------------- |
| [C00006 Charge for social media](../counters/C00006.md) | D2 Deny |
| [C00006 Censorship](../counters/C00006.md) | D2 Deny |
| [C00008 Create shared fact-checking database](../counters/C00008.md) | D4 Degrade |
| [C00012 Platform regulation](../counters/C00012.md) | D2 Deny |
| [C00014 Real-time updates to fact-checking database](../counters/C00014.md) | D4 Degrade |
| [C00040 third party verification for people](../counters/C00040.md) | D2 Deny |
| [C00097 Require use of verified identities to contribute to poll or comment](../counters/C00097.md) | D2 Deny |
| [C00099 Strengthen verification methods](../counters/C00099.md) | D2 Deny |
| [C00107 Content moderation](../counters/C00107.md) | D2 Deny |
| [C00133 Deplatform Account*](../counters/C00133.md) | D3 Disrupt |
| [C00176 Improve Coordination amongst stakeholders: public and private](../counters/C00176.md) | D7 Deter |
| [C00189 Ensure that platforms are taking down flagged accounts](../counters/C00189.md) | D6 Destroy |
| [C00197 remove suspicious accounts](../counters/C00197.md) | D2 Deny |


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