AMITT/techniques/T0022.md

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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
C00012 Platform regulation D2 Deny
C00016 Censorship D2 Deny
C00017 Repair broken social connections D3 Disrupt
C00019 Reduce effect of division-enablers D3 Disrupt
C00021 Encourage in-person communication D4 Degrade
C00022 Innoculate. Positive campaign to promote feeling of safety D4 Degrade
C00024 Promote healthy narratives D4 Degrade
C00027 Create culture of civility D7 Deter
C00029 Create fake website to issue counter narrative and counter narrative through physical merchandise D3 Disrupt
C00030 Develop a compelling counter narrative (truth based) D3 Disrupt
C00042 Address truth contained in narratives D4 Degrade
C00046 Marginalise and discredit extremist groups D4 Degrade
C00072 Remove non-relevant content from special interest groups - not recommended D2 Deny
C00073 Inoculate populations through media literacy training D2 Deny
C00074 Identify and delete or rate limit identical content D2 Deny
C00080 Create competing narrative D3 Disrupt
C00081 Highlight flooding and noise, and explain motivations D3 Disrupt
C00082 Ground truthing as automated response to pollution D3 Disrupt
C00084 Modify disinformation narratives, and rebroadcast them D3 Disrupt
C00085 Mute content D3 Disrupt
C00096 Strengthen institutions that are always truth tellers D7 Deter
C00107 Content moderation D2 Deny
C00117 Downgrade / de-amplify so message is seen by fewer people D4 Degrade
C00119 Engage payload and debunk. D7 Deter
C00122 Content moderation D2 Deny
C00125 Prebunking D3 Disrupt
C00126 Social media amber alert D3 Disrupt
C00156 Better tell your country or organization story D3 Disrupt
C00161 Coalition Building with stakeholders and Third-Party Inducements D7 Deter
C00162 Unravel/target the Potemkin villages D3 Disrupt
C00164 compatriot policy D3 Disrupt
C00169 develop a creative content hub D3 Disrupt
C00174 Create a healthier news environment D2 Deny
C00176 Improve Coordination amongst stakeholders: public and private D7 Deter
C00188 Newsroom/Journalist training to counter influence moves D3 Disrupt
C00190 open engagement with civil society D3 Disrupt
C00195 Redirect searches away from disinformation or extremist content D2 Deny
C00200 Respected figure (influencer) disavows misinfo D3 Disrupt
C00203 Stop offering press credentials to propaganda outlets D3 Disrupt
C00205 strong dialogue between the federal government and private sector to encourage better reporting D3 Disrupt
C00211 Use humorous counter-narratives D3 Disrupt
C00212 build public resilience by making civil society more vibrant D3 Disrupt

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