# Technique T0009: Create Fake Experts

* **Summary**: Stories planted or promoted in computational propaganda operations often make use of experts fabricated from whole cloth, sometimes specifically for the story itself. 

* **Belongs to tactic stage**: TA16


| Incident | Descriptions given for this incident |
| -------- | -------------------- |
| [I00044 JadeHelm exercise](../../generated_pages/incidents/I00044.md) | Promote fake “experts” with impressive (and scary) titles |



| Counters | Response types |
| -------- | -------------- |
| [C00008 Create shared fact-checking database](../../generated_pages/counters/C00008.md) | D04 |
| [C00011 Media literacy. Games to identify fake news](../../generated_pages/counters/C00011.md) | D02 |
| [C00012 Platform regulation](../../generated_pages/counters/C00012.md) | D02 |
| [C00014 Real-time updates to fact-checking database](../../generated_pages/counters/C00014.md) | D04 |
| [C00016 Censorship](../../generated_pages/counters/C00016.md) | D02 |
| [C00034 Create more friction at account creation](../../generated_pages/counters/C00034.md) | D04 |
| [C00040 third party verification for people](../../generated_pages/counters/C00040.md) | D02 |
| [C00097 Require use of verified identities to contribute to poll or comment](../../generated_pages/counters/C00097.md) | D02 |
| [C00099 Strengthen verification methods](../../generated_pages/counters/C00099.md) | D02 |
| [C00107 Content moderation](../../generated_pages/counters/C00107.md) | D02 |
| [C00133 Deplatform Account*](../../generated_pages/counters/C00133.md) | D03 |
| [C00176 Improve Coordination amongst stakeholders: public and private](../../generated_pages/counters/C00176.md) | D07 |
| [C00189 Ensure that platforms are taking down flagged accounts](../../generated_pages/counters/C00189.md) | D06 |
| [C00197 remove suspicious accounts](../../generated_pages/counters/C00197.md) | D02 |


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