AMITT/techniques/T0050.md

Cheerleading domestic social media ops

• Type: Technique

• Name: Cheerleading domestic social media ops

• Id: T0050

• Summary: Deploy state-coordinated social media commenters and astroturfers. Both internal/domestic and external social media influence operations, popularized by China (50cent Army manage message inside the "Great Firewall") but also technique used by Chinese English-language social media influence operations are seeded by state-run media, which overwhelmingly present a positive, benign, and cooperative image of China.

• Tactic: TA09

• Incidents:

Incident	Descriptions given for this incident
I00033 China 50cent Army	domestic social media influence operations focus primarily on “cheerleading” or presenting or furthering a positive narrative about the Chinese state
I00053 China Huawei CFO Arrest	Extend digital the physical space… gatherings ie: support for Meng outside courthouse

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