AMITT/counter_tactics/TA09counters.md

Tactic TA09 Exposure counters

by action

D2 Deny

• C00122: Content moderation. Censorship? (needs platform_admin)
• C00182: malware detection/quarantine/deletion (needs infosec)
• C00218: Censorship (needs platform_admin)

D3 Disrupt

• C00123: Bot control (needs )
• C00124: Don't feed the trolls (needs public,media)
• C00125: Prepare the population with pre-announcements (needs )
• C00126: Social media amber alert (needs )
• C00128: Create friction by marking content with ridicule or other "decelerants" (needs influencers:trusted_authority)
• C00151: “fight in the light” (needs )
• C00156: Better tell the U.S., NATO, and EU story. (needs government,military)
• C00169: develop a creative content hub (needs )
• C00178: Fill information voids with non-disinformation content (needs )
• C00190: open engagement with civil society (needs public)
• C00194: Provide an alternative to Russian information by expanding and improving local content. (needs )
• C00200: Respected figure (influencer) disavows misinfo (needs influencers)
• C00211: Use humorous counter-narratives (needs )
• C00212: build public resilence by making civil society more vibrant (needs educators,government)

D4 Degrade

• C00158: Use training to build the resilience of at-risk populations. (needs educators,media)
• C00184: Media exposure (needs )

by technique

TA09

• C00011: Media literacy. Games to identify fake news (needs educators,gamesdesigners,developers)
• C00012: Platform regulation (needs government:policymakers)
• C00018: Promote constructive communication by shaming division-enablers (needs )
• C00019: Promote playbooks to call out division-enablers (needs )
• C00028: Blockchain audit log and validation with collaborative decryption to post comments (needs )
• C00085: Demuting content (needs )
• C00086: Distract from noise with addictive content (needs )
• C00124: Don't feed the trolls (needs public,media)
• C00133: Deplatform Account* (needs platform_admin)
• C00135: Deplatform message groups and/or message boards (needs platform_admin)
• C00136: Microtarget most likely targets then send them countermessages (needs )
• C00140: "Bomb" link shorteners with lots of calls (needs )
• C00141: "Hey this story is old" popup when messaging with old URL (needs platform_algorithms)
• C00142: "This has been disproved - do you want to forward it" (needs platform_algorithms)

T0047 Muzzle social media as a political force

• C00027: Create culture of civility (needs )
• C00055: Empower existing regulators to govern social media (needs government:policymakers,government,platform_admin)
• C00060: Enhanced legal enforcement against for-profit follower/engagement factories (needs government:policymakers)
• C00092: Establish a truth teller reputation score for individuals with many followers (needs )
• C00093: Establish tailored code of conduct for individuals with many followers (needs )
• C00120: Open dialogue about design of platforms to produce different outcomes (needs )

T0048 Cow online opinion leaders

• C00027: Create culture of civility (needs )
• C00048: Name and Shame (needs )
• C00055: Empower existing regulators to govern social media (needs government:policymakers,government,platform_admin)
• C00093: Establish tailored code of conduct for individuals with many followers (needs )
• C00115: Expose actor and intentions (needs )

T0049 Flooding

• C00044: Keep people from posting to social media immediately (needs platform_algorithms)
• C00123: Bot control (needs )
• C00131: Seize and analyse botnet servers (needs server_admin)

T0050 Cheerleading domestic social media ops

T0051 Fabricate social media comment

• C00055: Empower existing regulators to govern social media (needs government:policymakers,government,platform_admin)
• C00123: Bot control (needs )

T0052 Tertiary sites amplify news

• C00070: Block access to platform. DDOS an attacker. (needs )
• C00115: Expose actor and intentions (needs )
• C00120: Open dialogue about design of platforms to produce different outcomes (needs )
• C00123: Bot control (needs )
• C00126: Social media amber alert (needs )

T0053 Twitter trolls amplify and manipulate

• C00027: Create culture of civility (needs )
• C00092: Establish a truth teller reputation score for individuals with many followers (needs )
• C00093: Establish tailored code of conduct for individuals with many followers (needs )
• C00115: Expose actor and intentions (needs )
• C00120: Open dialogue about design of platforms to produce different outcomes (needs )
• C00123: Bot control (needs )
• C00126: Social media amber alert (needs )
• C00144: Buy out troll farm employees / offer them jobs (needs )

T0054 Twitter bots amplify

• C00044: Keep people from posting to social media immediately (needs platform_algorithms)
• C00115: Expose actor and intentions (needs )
• C00120: Open dialogue about design of platforms to produce different outcomes (needs )
• C00123: Bot control (needs )
• C00126: Social media amber alert (needs )
• C00131: Seize and analyse botnet servers (needs server_admin)

T0055 Use 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 )
• C00115: Expose actor and intentions (needs )
• C00120: Open dialogue about design of platforms to produce different outcomes (needs )
• C00123: Bot control (needs )
• C00126: Social media amber alert (needs )

T0056 Dedicated channels disseminate information pollution

• C00036: Infiltrate the in-group to discredit leaders (divide) (needs )
• C00042: Address truth contained in narratives (needs )
• C00071: Block source of pollution (needs )
• C00073: Educate on how to handle info pollution. Push out targeted education on why it's pollution (needs educators)
• C00115: Expose actor and intentions (needs )
• C00120: Open dialogue about design of platforms to produce different outcomes (needs )
• C00123: Bot control (needs )
• C00126: Social media amber alert (needs )