DISARMframeworks/generated_pages/techniques/T0019.md

# Technique T0019: Demand insurmountable proof

* **Summary**: Campaigns often leverage tactical and informational asymmetries on the threat surface, as seen in the Distort and Deny strategies, and the "firehose of misinformation". Specifically, conspiracy theorists can be repeatedly wrong, but advocates of the truth need to be perfect. By constantly escalating demands for proof, propagandists can effectively leverage this asymmetry while also priming its future use, often with an even greater asymmetric advantage. The conspiracist is offered freer rein for a broader range of "questions" while the truth teller is burdened with higher and higher standards of proof.

* **Belongs to tactic stage**: TA04


| Incident | Descriptions given for this incident |
| -------- | -------------------- |
| [I00002 #VaccinateUS](../generated_pages/incidents/I00002.md) | create web-site - information pollution |
| [I00005 Brexit vote](../generated_pages/incidents/I00005.md) | RT & Sputnik generate information pollution |
| [I00007 Incirlik terrorists](../generated_pages/incidents/I00007.md) | RT & Sputnik generate information pollution (report an unreported false story/event) |
| [I00009 PhilippinesExpert](../generated_pages/incidents/I00009.md) | RT & Sputnik generate information pollution  |
| [I00017 US presidential elections](../generated_pages/incidents/I00017.md) | RT & Sputnik generate information pollution |
| [I00029 MH17 investigation](../generated_pages/incidents/I00029.md) | RT & Sputnik generate information pollution (synthetic media) |
| [I00032 Kavanaugh](../generated_pages/incidents/I00032.md) | RT & Sputnik generate information pollution |
| [I00044 JadeHelm exercise](../generated_pages/incidents/I00044.md) | RT & Sputnik generate information pollution |
| [I00049 White Helmets: Chemical Weapons](../generated_pages/incidents/I00049.md) | RT & Sputnik generate information pollution (synthetic media) |
| [I00050 #HandsOffVenezuela](../generated_pages/incidents/I00050.md) | RT & Sputnik generate information pollution (synthetic media) |
| [I00051 Integrity Initiative](../generated_pages/incidents/I00051.md) | RT & Sputnik generate information pollution |
| [I00063 Olympic Doping Scandal](../generated_pages/incidents/I00063.md) | RT & Sputnik generate information pollution (synthetic media) |



| Counters | Response types |
| -------- | -------------- |
| [C00042 Address truth contained in narratives](../generated_pages/counters/C00042.md) | D04 |
| [C00071 Block source of pollution](../generated_pages/counters/C00071.md) | D02 |
| [C00072 Remove non-relevant content from special interest groups - not recommended](../generated_pages/counters/C00072.md) | D02 |
| [C00073 Inoculate populations through media literacy training](../generated_pages/counters/C00073.md) | D02 |
| [C00074 Identify and delete or rate limit identical content](../generated_pages/counters/C00074.md) | D02 |


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