# Technique T0048: Cow online opinion leaders

* **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.

* **Belongs to tactic stage**: 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 | Response types |
| -------- | -------------- |
| [C00012 Platform regulation](../counters/C00012.md) | D2 Deny |
| [C00027 Create culture of civility](../counters/C00027.md) | D7 Deter |
| [C00048 Name and Shame Influencers](../counters/C00048.md) | D7 Deter |
| [C00073 Inoculate populations through media literacy training](../counters/C00073.md) | D2 Deny |
| [C00087 Make more noise than the disinformation](../counters/C00087.md) | D4 Degrade |
| [C00093 Influencer code of conduct](../counters/C00093.md) | D7 Deter |
| [C00114 Don't engage with payloads](../counters/C00114.md) | D2 Deny |
| [C00115 Expose actor and intentions](../counters/C00115.md) | D2 Deny |
| [C00154 Ask media not to report false information](../counters/C00154.md) | D2 Deny |
| [C00160 find and train influencers](../counters/C00160.md) | D2 Deny |


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