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Spam as Activist Propaganda
Background Information
Activists on TikTok are fighting back against Texas' new restrictive abortion law with spam.
Sean Black, who goes by @black_madness21 on TikTok, created a bot that makes it easy to submit fake tips to a "whistleblower" website created by the anti-abortion Texas Right to Life group.
As of Wednesday, it's now illegal for anyone in Texas to get an abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy, and anyone who helps a person get such an abortion — including doctors and even someone who drives a person to a clinic — could be sued for thousands of dollars. The "Pro Life Whistle Blower" website enables residents to report people for potential violations of the law.
Sean Black, who goes by @black_madness21 on TikTok, created a bot that makes it easy to submit fake tips to a "whistleblower" website created by the anti-abortion Texas Right to Life group.
As of Wednesday, it's now illegal for anyone in Texas to get an abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy, and anyone who helps a person get such an abortion — including doctors and even someone who drives a person to a clinic — could be sued for thousands of dollars. The "Pro Life Whistle Blower" website enables residents to report people for potential violations of the law.
Technique Used
Attack Opponents
This is propaganda because
Spam is a way to disrupt your opponents, and media coverage of the spam attack turns this type of information warfare into a type of propaganda.
Source
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/03/1034008380/tiktok-texas-abortion-ban-spam-website-activists
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