Cheerleading domestic social media ops

T0050

Deploy state-coordinated social media commenters and astroturfers. Both internal/domestic and external social media influence operations

‌Examples:

• Popularized by China (50cent Army manage message inside the "Great Firewall") but also techniques used by Chinese English-language social media influence operations are seeded by state-run media, which overwhelmingly present a positive, benign, and cooperative image of China.