AMITT/counter_tactics/TA04counters.md

Tactic TA04 Develop Networks counters

by action

D2 Deny

• C00049: Influence literacy training (needs educators)
• C00050: Anti-elicitation training (needs educators)
• C00051: Phishing prevention education etc (needs educators)
• C00055: Empower existing regulators to govern social media (needs government:policymakers,government,platform_admin)
• C00056: Get off social media (needs )
• C00057: Privacy standards (needs )
• C00058: Report crowdfunder as violator (needs )
• C00059: Verification of project before posting (counters funding campaigns) (needs )
• C00152: “name and shame” (needs )
• C00157: Build alternative news sources (needs )
• C00174: Free and Fair Press (needs )

D3 Disrupt

• C00060: Enhanced legal enforcement against for-profit follower/engagement factories (needs government:policymakers)
• C00061: Innoculating at language (needs )
• C00162: collect data/map constellations of Russian“civil society”. Unravel/target the Potemkin villages (needs )

D4 Degrade

• C00052: Infiltrate platforms (needs activists)
• C00053: Delete old accounts / Remove unused social media accounts (needs platform_admin,platform_admin:socialmedia,public:account_owners)
• C00054: Media literacy training. (needs educators,libraries,schools,DHS,NGO,platform_outreach,media,community_groups,religious_organisations)

D6 Destroy

• C00062: Free open library sources worldwide (needs )

by technique

TA04

• C00011: Media literacy. Games to identify fake news (needs educators,gamesdesigners,developers)
• C00085: Demuting content (needs )

T0010 Cultivate ignorant agents

• C00009: Educate high profile influencers on best practices (needs influencers,educators)
• C00093: Establish tailored code of conduct for individuals with many followers (needs )
• C00136: Microtarget most likely targets then send them countermessages (needs )

T0011 Hijack legitimate account

• C00043: Detect hijacked accounts and reallocate them (needs platform_admin,activists,civil_society,money)
• C00045: S4d detection and re-allocation approaches (needs )
• C00053: Delete old accounts / Remove unused social media accounts (needs platform_admin,platform_admin:socialmedia,public:account_owners)
• C00133: Deplatform Account* (needs platform_admin)
• C00135: Deplatform message groups and/or message boards (needs platform_admin)

T0012 Use concealment

• C00049: Influence literacy training (needs educators)
• C00050: Anti-elicitation training (needs educators)
• C00051: Phishing prevention education etc (needs educators)
• C00052: Infiltrate platforms (needs activists)

T0013 Create fake websites

• C00008: Create shared fact-checking database (needs factcheckers)
• C00014: Real-time updates to fact-checking database (needs factcheckers)

T0014 Create funding campaigns

• C00008: Create shared fact-checking database (needs factcheckers)
• C00012: Platform regulation (needs government:policymakers)
• C00014: Real-time updates to fact-checking database (needs factcheckers)
• C00070: Block access to platform. DDOS an attacker. (needs )
• C00133: Deplatform Account* (needs platform_admin)

T0015 Create hashtag

• C00055: Empower existing regulators to govern social media (needs government:policymakers,government,platform_admin)
• C00066: Co-opt a hashtag and drown it out (hijack it back) (needs )
• C00070: Block access to platform. DDOS an attacker. (needs )
• C00088: Poison pill recasting of message (needs )
• C00145: Pollute the data voids with wholesome content (Kittens! Babyshark!) (needs )