# Counter C00016: Censorship

* **Summary**: Alter and/or block the publication/dissemination of information controlled by disinformation creators. Not recommended. 

* **Playbooks**: 

* **Metatechnique**: M005 - removal

* **Resources needed:** 

* **Belongs to tactic stage**: TA01


| Actor types | Sectors |
| ----------- | ------- |
| [A031 social media platform adminstrator](../generated_pages/actortypes/A031.md) | S007 |



| Counters these Tactics |
| ---------------------- |



| Counters these Techniques |
| ------------------------- |
| [T0002 Facilitate State Propaganda](../generated_pages/techniques/T0002.md) |
| [T0003 Leverage Existing Narratives](../generated_pages/techniques/T0003.md) |
| [T0009 Create fake experts](../generated_pages/techniques/T0009.md) |
| [T0007 Create Inauthentic Social Media Pages and Groups](../generated_pages/techniques/T0007.md) |
| [T0013 Create inauthentic websites](../generated_pages/techniques/T0013.md) |
| [T0014 Prepare fundraising campaigns](../generated_pages/techniques/T0014.md) |
| [T0015 Create hashtags and search artifacts](../generated_pages/techniques/T0015.md) |
| [T0016 Create Clickbait](../generated_pages/techniques/T0016.md) |
| [T0017 Conduct fundraising](../generated_pages/techniques/T0017.md) |
| [T0018 Purchase Targeted Advertisements](../generated_pages/techniques/T0018.md) |
| [T0022 Leverage Conspiracy Theory Narratives](../generated_pages/techniques/T0022.md) |
| [T0044 Seed distortions](../generated_pages/techniques/T0044.md) |
| [T0045 Use fake experts](../generated_pages/techniques/T0045.md) |
| [T0043 Chat apps](../generated_pages/techniques/T0043.md) |
| [T0049 Flooding the Information Space](../generated_pages/techniques/T0049.md) |
| [T0057 Organize Events](../generated_pages/techniques/T0057.md) |



| Seen in incidents |
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