Technique T0031: Cultivate ignorant agents

Summary: Cultivate propagandists for a cause, the goals of which are not fully comprehended, and who are used cynically by the leaders of the cause. Independent actors use social media and specialised web sites to strategically reinforce and spread messages compatible with their own. Their networks are infiltrated and used by state media disinformation organisations to amplify the state’s own disinformation strategies against target populations. Many are traffickers in conspiracy theories or hoaxes, unified by a suspicion of Western governments and mainstream media. Their narratives, which appeal to leftists hostile to globalism and military intervention and nationalists against immigration, are frequently infiltrated and shaped by state-controlled trolls and altered news items from agencies such as RT and Sputnik. Also know as "useful idiots" or "unwitting agents".
Belongs to tactic stage: TA15

Incident	Descriptions given for this incident
I00005 Brexit vote	YouTube; Reddit; LinkedIn; Pinterest; WhatsApp?
I00010 ParklandTeens	YouTube; Reddit
I00017 US presidential elections	YouTube; Reddit; (Instagram, LinkedIn; Pinterest; WhatsApp?)
I00029 MH17 investigation	YouTube; Reddit;
I00032 Kavanaugh	YouTube; Reddit; (Instagram, LinkedIn; Pinterest; WhatsApp?)
I00044 JadeHelm exercise	YouTube; Reddit
I00049 White Helmets: Chemical Weapons	YouTube; Reddit;
I00050 #HandsOffVenezuela	YouTube; Reddit;
I00051 Integrity Initiative	YouTube; Reddit
I00063 Olympic Doping Scandal	YouTube; Reddit;

Counters	Response types

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