# Technique T0053: Twitter trolls amplify and manipulate

* **Summary**: Use trolls to amplify narratives and/or manipulate narratives. Fake profiles/sockpuppets operating to support individuals/narratives from the entire political spectrum (left/right binary). Operating with increased emphasis on promoting local content and promoting real Twitter users generating their own, often divisive political content, as it's easier to amplify existing content than create new/original content. Trolls operate where ever there's a socially divisive issue (issues that can/are be politicized).

* **Belongs to tactic stage**: TA09


| Incident | Descriptions given for this incident |
| -------- | -------------------- |
| [I00005 Brexit vote](../generated_pages/incidents/I00005.md) | Twitter trolls amplify & manipulate |
| [I00007 Incirlik terrorists](../generated_pages/incidents/I00007.md) | Twitter trolls amplify & manipulate |
| [I00010 ParklandTeens](../generated_pages/incidents/I00010.md) | Twitter trolls amplify & manipulate |
| [I00017 US presidential elections](../generated_pages/incidents/I00017.md) | Twitter trolls amplify & manipulate |
| [I00022 #Macronleaks](../generated_pages/incidents/I00022.md) | Twitter trolls amplify & manipulate |
| [I00029 MH17 investigation](../generated_pages/incidents/I00029.md) | Twitter trolls amplify & manipulate |
| [I00032 Kavanaugh](../generated_pages/incidents/I00032.md) | Twitter trolls amplify & manipulate |
| [I00044 JadeHelm exercise](../generated_pages/incidents/I00044.md) | Twitter trolls amplify & manipulate |
| [I00047 Sea of Azov](../generated_pages/incidents/I00047.md) | Twitter trolls amplify & manipulate |
| [I00049 White Helmets: Chemical Weapons](../generated_pages/incidents/I00049.md) | Twitter trolls amplify & manipulate |
| [I00050 #HandsOffVenezuela](../generated_pages/incidents/I00050.md) | Twitter trolls amplify & manipulate |
| [I00051 Integrity Initiative](../generated_pages/incidents/I00051.md) | Twitter trolls amplify & manipulate |
| [I00056 Iran Influence Operations](../generated_pages/incidents/I00056.md) | Twitter trolls amplify & manipulate |
| [I00063 Olympic Doping Scandal](../generated_pages/incidents/I00063.md) | Twitter trolls amplify & manipulate |



| Counters | Response types |
| -------- | -------------- |
| [C00006 Charge for social media](../generated_pages/counters/C00006.md) | D02 |
| [C00009 Educate high profile influencers on best practices](../generated_pages/counters/C00009.md) | D02 |
| [C00012 Platform regulation](../generated_pages/counters/C00012.md) | D02 |
| [C00016 Censorship](../generated_pages/counters/C00016.md) | D02 |
| [C00019 Reduce effect of division-enablers](../generated_pages/counters/C00019.md) | D03 |
| [C00021 Encourage in-person communication](../generated_pages/counters/C00021.md) | D04 |
| [C00022 Innoculate. Positive campaign to promote feeling of safety](../generated_pages/counters/C00022.md) | D04 |
| [C00024 Promote healthy narratives](../generated_pages/counters/C00024.md) | D04 |
| [C00027 Create culture of civility](../generated_pages/counters/C00027.md) | D07 |
| [C00044 Keep people from posting to social media immediately](../generated_pages/counters/C00044.md) | D03 |
| [C00046 Marginalise and discredit extremist groups](../generated_pages/counters/C00046.md) | D04 |
| [C00048 Name and Shame Influencers](../generated_pages/counters/C00048.md) | D07 |
| [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 |
| [C00081 Highlight flooding and noise, and explain motivations](../generated_pages/counters/C00081.md) | D03 |
| [C00082 Ground truthing as automated response to pollution](../generated_pages/counters/C00082.md) | D03 |
| [C00085 Mute content](../generated_pages/counters/C00085.md) | D03 |
| [C00086 Distract from noise with addictive content](../generated_pages/counters/C00086.md) | D04 |
| [C00087 Make more noise than the disinformation](../generated_pages/counters/C00087.md) | D04 |
| [C00091 Honeypot social community](../generated_pages/counters/C00091.md) | D05 |
| [C00092 Establish a truth teller reputation score for influencers](../generated_pages/counters/C00092.md) | D07 |
| [C00093 Influencer code of conduct](../generated_pages/counters/C00093.md) | D07 |
| [C00097 Require use of verified identities to contribute to poll or comment](../generated_pages/counters/C00097.md) | D02 |
| [C00101 Create friction by rate-limiting engagement](../generated_pages/counters/C00101.md) | D04 |
| [C00103 Create a bot that engages / distract trolls](../generated_pages/counters/C00103.md) | D05 |
| [C00115 Expose actor and intentions](../generated_pages/counters/C00115.md) | D02 |
| [C00120 Open dialogue about design of platforms to produce different outcomes](../generated_pages/counters/C00120.md) | D07 |
| [C00122 Content moderation](../generated_pages/counters/C00122.md) | D02 |
| [C00124 Don't feed the trolls](../generated_pages/counters/C00124.md) | D03 |
| [C00125 Prebunking](../generated_pages/counters/C00125.md) | D03 |
| [C00126 Social media amber alert](../generated_pages/counters/C00126.md) | D03 |
| [C00128 Create friction by marking content with ridicule or other "decelerants"](../generated_pages/counters/C00128.md) | D03 |
| [C00144 Buy out troll farm employees / offer them jobs](../generated_pages/counters/C00144.md) | D04 |
| [C00153 Take pre-emptive action against actors' infrastructure](../generated_pages/counters/C00153.md) | D03 |
| [C00176 Improve Coordination amongst stakeholders: public and private](../generated_pages/counters/C00176.md) | D07 |


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