AMITT/techniques/T0044.md

Technique T0044: Seed distortions

• Summary: Incident creators often try a wide variety of messages in the early hours surrounding an incident or event in order to give a misleading account or impression.

Examples: (2019) China formally arrests Canadians Spavor and Kovrig, accuses them of spying (in retaliation to detention of Hauwei CFO). (2018) The Russian ministry of defence put out a press release, claiming that they had intelligence Syrian rebel forces were about to gas their own people in Idlib province as part of a “false flag” operation to frame the Syrian government.

• Belongs to tactic stage: TA08

Incident	Descriptions given for this incident
I00015 ConcordDiscovery	Circulate to media via DM, then release publicly

Counters	Response types
C00042 Address truth contained in narratives	D3 Disrupt
C00072 Remove non-relevant content from special interest groups – not recommended	D2 Deny
C00073 Inoculate populations through media literacy training	D2 Deny
C00076 Prohibit images in political discourse channels	D2 Deny
C00078 Change Search Algorithms for Disinformation Content	D3 Disrupt
C00081 Highlight flooding and noise, and explain motivations	D3 Disrupt
C00082 Ground truthing as automated response to pollution	D3 Disrupt
C00085 Mute content	D3 Disrupt
C00086 Distract from noise with addictive content	D4 Degrade
C00087 Make more noise than the disinformation	D4 Degrade
C00092 Establish a truth teller reputation score for influencers	D7 Deter
C00117 Downgrade / de-amplify so message is seen by fewer people	D4 Degrade
C00118 Repurpose images with new text	D4 Degrade
C00119 Engage payload and debunk.	D7 Deter
C00122 Content moderation	D2 Deny
C00174 Create a healthier news environment	D2 Deny
C00184 Media exposure	D4 Degrade

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