# Counter C00196: Include the role of social media in the regulatory framework for media * **Summary**: 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 * **Playbooks**: * **Metatechnique**: M007 - metatechnique * **Resources needed:** * **Belongs to tactic stage**: TA01 | Actors | Sectors | | ------ | ------- | | [A018 government ](../actors/A018.md) | Government | | Counters these Tactics | | ---------------------- | | Counters these Techniques | | ------------------------- | | [T0008 Create fake or imposter news sites](../techniques/T0008.md) | | [T0053 Twitter trolls amplify and manipulate](../techniques/T0053.md) | | [T0054 Twitter bots amplify](../techniques/T0054.md) | | [T0052 Tertiary sites amplify news](../techniques/T0052.md) | | [T0049 Flooding](../techniques/T0049.md) | | [T0051 Fabricate social media comment](../techniques/T0051.md) | | [T0056 Dedicated channels disseminate information pollution](../techniques/T0056.md) | | [T0045 Use fake experts](../techniques/T0045.md) | | [T0026 Create fake research](../techniques/T0026.md) | | [T0055 Use hashtag](../techniques/T0055.md) | | [T0024 Create fake videos and images](../techniques/T0024.md) | | [T0021 Memes](../techniques/T0021.md) | | [T0022 Conspiracy narratives](../techniques/T0022.md) | | [T0018 Paid targeted ads](../techniques/T0018.md) | | [T0017 Promote online funding](../techniques/T0017.md) | | [T0016 Clickbait](../techniques/T0016.md) | | [T0015 Create hashtag](../techniques/T0015.md) | | [T0014 Create funding campaigns](../techniques/T0014.md) | | [T0007 Create fake Social Media Profiles / Pages / Groups](../techniques/T0007.md) | | [T0025 Leak altered documents](../techniques/T0025.md) | | [T0057 Organise remote rallies and events](../techniques/T0057.md) | | Seen in incidents | | ----------------- | DO NOT EDIT ABOVE THIS LINE - PLEASE ADD NOTES BELOW