T0029 "Online polls"

Tactic stage: TA07

Summary: Create fake online polls, or manipulate existing online polls. Data gathering tactic to target those who engage, and potentially their networks of friends/followers as well

Relationships

Has counters:

C00044 Keep people from posting to social media immediately

C00097 Require use of verified identities to contribute to poll or comment

C00101 Create friction by rate-limiting engagement

C00103 Create a bot that engages / distract trolls

C00123 Remove or rate limit botnets

Detection methods include:

F00016 Identify fence-sitters

F00079 Network anomaly detection

F00080 Hack the polls/ content yourself

Datasets

Examples include:

E000022 FCC comments: Flooding FCC with comments

E000023 fake engagement metrics: Creating fake engagement metrics of Twitter/Facebook polls to manipulate perception of given issue.

Seen in incidents:

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