# Technique T0043: Chat apps

* **Summary**: Direct messaging via chat app is an increasing method of delivery. These messages are often automated and new delivery and storage methods make them anonymous, viral, and ephemeral. This is a difficult space to monitor, but also a difficult space to build acclaim or notoriety.

* **Belongs to tactic stage**: TA07


| Incident | Descriptions given for this incident |
| -------- | -------------------- |
| [I00006 Columbian Chemicals](../generated_pages/incidents/I00006.md) | Use SMS/text messages |



| Counters | Response types |
| -------- | -------------- |
| [C00006 Charge for social media](../generated_pages/counters/C00006.md) | D02 |
| [C00012 Platform regulation](../generated_pages/counters/C00012.md) | D02 |
| [C00016 Censorship](../generated_pages/counters/C00016.md) | D02 |
| [C00074 Identify and delete or rate limit identical content](../generated_pages/counters/C00074.md) | D02 |
| [C00121 Tool transparency and literacy for channels people follow. ](../generated_pages/counters/C00121.md) | D07 |
| [C00135 Deplatform message groups and/or message boards](../generated_pages/counters/C00135.md) | D03 |
| [C00176 Improve Coordination amongst stakeholders: public and private](../generated_pages/counters/C00176.md) | D07 |


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