AMITT/techniques/T0022.md

Technique T0022: Conspiracy narratives

• Summary: "Conspiracy narratives appeal to the human desire for explanatory order, by invoking the participation of poweful (often sinister) actors in pursuit of their own political goals. These narratives are especially appealing when an audience is low-information, marginalized or otherwise inclined to reject the prevailing explanation. Conspiracy narratives are an important component of the ""firehose of falsehoods"" model.

Example: QAnon: conspiracy theory is an explanation of an event or situation that invokes a conspiracy by sinister and powerful actors, often political in motivation, when other explanations are more probable "

• Belongs to tactic stage: TA06

Incident	Descriptions given for this incident
I00056 Iran Influence Operations	Memes... anti-Isreal/USA/West, conspiracy narratives

Counters	Response types
C00023 Promote civility as an identity that people will defend	D4 Degrade
C00024 Promote constructive narratives i.e. not polarising. Pro-life, pro-choice, or pro-USA?	D4 Degrade
C00025 Promote identity neutral narratives	D4 Degrade
C00042 Address truth contained in narratives	D3 Disrupt
C00072 Content censorship in non-relevant domains e.g. Pinterest antivax	D2 Deny
C00074 Identify identical content and mass deplatform	D2 Deny
C00096 Strengthen institutions that are always truth tellers	D7 Deter

DO NOT EDIT ABOVE THIS LINE - PLEASE ADD NOTES BELOW