Technique T0026: Create fake research

Summary: Create fake academic research. Example: fake social science research is often aimed at hot-button social issues such as gender, race and sexuality. Fake science research can target Climate Science debate or pseudoscience like anti-vaxx
Belongs to tactic stage: TA06

Incident	Descriptions given for this incident

Counters	Response types
C00008 Create shared fact-checking database	D04
C00011 Media literacy. Games to identify fake news	D02
C00012 Platform regulation	D02
C00014 Real-time updates to fact-checking database	D04
C00016 Censorship	D02
C00073 Inoculate populations through media literacy training	D02
C00074 Identify and delete or rate limit identical content	D02
C00081 Highlight flooding and noise, and explain motivations	D03
C00082 Ground truthing as automated response to pollution	D03
C00085 Mute content	D03
C00094 Force full disclosure on corporate sponsor of research	D04
C00096 Strengthen institutions that are always truth tellers	D07
C00107 Content moderation	D02
C00117 Downgrade / de-amplify so message is seen by fewer people	D04
C00119 Engage payload and debunk.	D07
C00122 Content moderation	D02
C00176 Improve Coordination amongst stakeholders: public and private	D07
C00195 Redirect searches away from disinformation or extremist content	D02
C00211 Use humorous counter-narratives	D03
C00211 Use humorous counter-narratives	D03
C00219 Add metadata to content that’s out of the control of disinformation creators	D04

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