T0047 "Censor social media as a political force"

Tactic stage: TA18

Summary: Use political influence or the power of state to stop critical social media comments. Government requested/driven content take downs (see Google Transperancy reports).

Relationships

Has counters:

Detection methods include:

Datasets

Examples include:

E000026 Singapore act: 2019 Singapore Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill would make it illegal to spread "false statements of fact" in Singapore, where that information is "prejudicial" to Singapore's security or "public tranquility."
E000027 Social media cut off in Kashmir: India/New Delhi has cut off services to Facebook and Twitter in Kashmir 28 times in the past five years, and in 2016, access was blocked for five months -- on the grounds that these platforms were being used for anti-social and "anti-national" purposes.

Seen in incidents:

I00033 as cow online opinion leaders into submission, muzzling social media as a political force: