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Background: 2014 invasion of northern Iraq
Forms: Twitter
Tactics: announcements (military operation), recruiting, propaganda -
Background: China has been instilling nationalism among the 700 million Chinese internet users in order to bolster the state against the perceived threats of outside information.
Forms: Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, etc.
Tactics: censorship, manipulation, hired trolls -
Background: "Peaceful anti-U.S. protest outside Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base was transformed, in characterizations by Russian media and internet trolls, into a much larger mob riot—portrayals that filtered into U.S. media and online discussion."
Forms: Twitter
Tactics: trolling, false information, blame game -
Forms: Twitter, Facebook, Blogs
Tactics: #brexit, news coverage, persuasive speech -
Background: "Authorities have used pro-government Twitter bots to manipulate one of the few news sources not already controlled by the state; the fake Twitter followers of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro were so loyal that he became the third-most-retweeted public figure in the world."
Forms: Twitter
Tactics: manipulate sources, create loyalty, mobilize citizens -
Background: "This election cycle, Russian hackers targeted the U.S. political system, digging up embarrassing information and spreading it as widely as possible. Russian trolls posed as angry U.S. supporters of one or another political campaign while outlets like RT leapt to enlarge the divisions that other parts of the propaganda machine had helped create."
Forms: Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Fake News, News, etc.
Tactics: ruining credibility, candidate corruption
