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# Incident I00032: Kavanaugh
* **Summary:** Before the Senate SCOTUS confirmation hearings of Brett Kavanaugh, professor Christine Blasey Ford--first anonymously, then publicly--accused Kavanaugh of inappropriate or criminal sexual behavior. Amplified by Russian trolls Right wing operatives first tried to doxx Ford, then to discredit her. Many observers suggest that the Kavanaugh hearings were the largest anti-US Russian online operation for months.
* **incident type**: incident
* **Year started:** 2018
* **Countries:** Russia , USA
* **Found via:** OII
* **Date added:** 2019-02-24
| Technique | Description given for this incident |
| --------- | ------------------------- |
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| [T0007 Divide ](../generated_pages/techniques/T0007.md ) | IT00000092 Fake FB groups/pages/profiles |
| [T0010 Map Target Audience Information Environment ](../generated_pages/techniques/T0010.md ) | IT00000104 cultivate, manipulate, exploit useful idiots (Alex Jones... drives conspiracy theories) |
| [T0019 Demand insurmountable proof ](../generated_pages/techniques/T0019.md ) | IT00000094 RT & Sputnik generate information pollution |
| [T0020 Reuse Existing Content ](../generated_pages/techniques/T0020.md ) | IT00000102 4Chan/8Chan - trial content |
| [T0031 Cultivate ignorant agents ](../generated_pages/techniques/T0031.md ) | IT00000096 YouTube; Reddit; (Instagram, LinkedIn; Pinterest; WhatsApp?) |
| [T0032 Build Network ](../generated_pages/techniques/T0032.md ) | IT00000097 YouTube; Reddit; (Instagram, LinkedIn; Pinterest; WhatsApp?) |
| [T0033 Acquire/ recruit Network ](../generated_pages/techniques/T0033.md ) | IT00000098 YouTube; Reddit; (Instagram, LinkedIn; Pinterest; WhatsApp?) |
| [T0034 Infiltrate Existing Networks ](../generated_pages/techniques/T0034.md ) | IT00000099 YouTube; Reddit; (Instagram, LinkedIn; Pinterest; WhatsApp?) |
| [T0035 Create Inauthentic Social Media Pages and Groups ](../generated_pages/techniques/T0035.md ) | IT00000100 YouTube; Reddit; (Instagram, LinkedIn; Pinterest; WhatsApp?) |
| [T0036 Create inauthentic websites ](../generated_pages/techniques/T0036.md ) | IT00000101 YouTube; Reddit; (Instagram, LinkedIn; Pinterest; WhatsApp?) |
| [T0046 Co-opt Trusted Sources ](../generated_pages/techniques/T0046.md ) | IT00000103 SEO optimisation/manipulation ("key words") |
| [T0053 Social Networks ](../generated_pages/techniques/T0053.md ) | IT00000091 Twitter trolls amplify & manipulate |
| [T0054 Media Sharing Networks ](../generated_pages/techniques/T0054.md ) | IT00000090 Twitter bots amplify & manipulate |
| [T0056 Bookmarking and Content Curation ](../generated_pages/techniques/T0056.md ) | IT00000095 RT & Sputnik generate information pollution |
| [T0057 Blogging and Publishing Networks ](../generated_pages/techniques/T0057.md ) | IT00000093 Digital to physical "organize+promote" rallies & events? |
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