# Technique T0023: Distort facts

* **Summary**: Change, twist, or exaggerate existing facts to construct a narrative that differs from reality. Examples: images and ideas can be distorted by being placed in an improper content

* **Belongs to tactic stage**: TA06


| Incident | Descriptions given for this incident |
| -------- | -------------------- |
| [I00047 Sea of Azov](../../generated_pages/incidents/I00047.md) | (Distort) Kremlin-controlled RT cited Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov suggesting that Ukraine deliberately provoked Russia in hopes of gaining additional support from the United States and Europe. |
| [I00053 China Huawei CFO Arrest](../../generated_pages/incidents/I00053.md) | Distorted, saccharine “news” about the Chinese State and Party |



| Counters | Response types |
| -------- | -------------- |
| [C00017 Repair broken social connections](../../generated_pages/counters/C00017.md) | D03 |
| [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 |
| [C00046 Marginalise and discredit extremist groups](../../generated_pages/counters/C00046.md) | D04 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [C00092 Establish a truth teller reputation score for influencers](../../generated_pages/counters/C00092.md) | D07 |
| [C00096 Strengthen institutions that are always truth tellers](../../generated_pages/counters/C00096.md) | D07 |


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