AMITT/techniques/T0008.md

Technique T0008: Create fake or imposter news sites

• Summary: Modern computational propaganda makes use of a cadre of imposter news sites spreading globally. These sites, sometimes motivated by concerns other than propaganda--for instance, click-based revenue--often have some superficial markers of authenticity, such as naming and site-design. But many can be quickly exposed with reference to their owenership, reporting history and adverstising details. A prominent case from the 2016 era was the Denver Guardian, which purported to be a local newspaper in Colorado and specialized in negative stories about Hillary Clinton.

• Belongs to tactic stage: TA03

Incident	Descriptions given for this incident
I00056 Iran Influence Operations	Fake news/synthetic web-sites

Counters	Response types
C00006 Charge for social media	D2 Deny
C00006 Censorship	D2 Deny
C00008 Create shared fact-checking database	D4 Degrade
C00012 Platform regulation	D2 Deny
C00014 Real-time updates to fact-checking database	D4 Degrade
C00053 Delete old accounts / Remove unused social media accounts	D4 Degrade
C00070 Block access to disinformation resources	D2 Deny
C00085 Mute content	D3 Disrupt
C00099 Strengthen verification methods	D2 Deny
C00107 Content moderation	D2 Deny
C00122 Content moderation	D2 Deny
C00153 Take pre-emptive action against actors' infrastructure	D3 Disrupt
C00172 social media source removal	D2 Deny
C00176 Improve Coordination amongst stakeholders: public and private	D7 Deter
C00188 Newsroom/Journalist training to counter influence moves	D3 Disrupt
C00189 Ensure that platforms are taking down flagged accounts	D6 Destroy

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