Incident I00010: ParklandTeens

Summary: IRA trolls amplified the far right messaging around the attack. Most notably they amplified social media speculation that many of the teens involved were “crisis actors” nefariously injected into the conversation by outside actors with an anti-gun poltical agenda. Other amplifications included ongoing harassment of survivors and claims that the event is a hoax from the right; and fatalist cynicism about gun reform from the left.
incident type: incident
Year started: 2018.0
Countries: Unknown , USA
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Date added: 2019-02-01

Reference	Pub Date	Authors	Org	Archive

Technique	Description given for this incident
T0007 Create Inauthentic Social Media Pages and Groups	IT00000045 FB pages/groups/profiles
T0010 Cultivate Ignorant Agents	IT00000044 cultivate, manipulate, exploit useful idiots (Alex Jones... drives conspiracy theories; false flags, crisis actors)
T0020 Trial Content	IT00000048 4Chan/8Chan - trial content
T0039 Bait Influencer	IT00000049 journalist/media baiting
T0046 Use Search Engine Optimisation	IT00000043 SEO optimisation/manipulation ("key words")

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