AMITT/techniques/T0050.md
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Technique T0050: Cheerleading domestic social media ops

  • 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.

  • Belongs to tactic stage: TA09

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
Counters Response types
C00074 Identify and delete or rate limit identical content D2 Deny
C00086 Distract from noise with addictive content D4 Degrade
C00087 Make more noise than the disinformation D4 Degrade
C00128 Create friction by marking content with ridicule or other "decelerants" D3 Disrupt
C00162 Unravel/target the Potemkin villages D3 Disrupt

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