SteffiPeTaffy/digitaler-wiederstand

random thoughts on digital resistance during difficult times

Digitaler Wiederstand / Digital Protest

random thoughts on digital protest/resistance during difficult times

What is digital resistence/protest?

• More than a prank/hoax/trolling, form of protest
• Only using legal actions
• Not exploiting security vulnerabilities
• What influence does TikTok have?

Examples

Fake attendance signups

Example: Fake attendance signups for Trump's Tulsa rally

News Coverage:

• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/style/tiktok-trump-rally-tulsa.html
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8447331/Trumps-campaign-admits-300-000-FAKE-ticket-applications-disastrous-Tulsa-rally.html
• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-tiktok/tiktok-users-k-pop-fans-say-they-helped-sabotage-trump-rally-with-false-registrations-idUSKBN23S0L6

Shopping cart abandonment

Example: Trump merchandise unavailable through shopping cart abandonment

News Coverage:

• https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/26/21304264/tiktok-twitter-activists-trump-online-store-sold-out-prank-hoax
• https://www.insider.com/tiktok-teens-to-shut-down-trumps-online-merch-stores-2020-7

Fake survey reports

Example: Fake reports on Trump suporters to redirect ad money

News Coverage:

• https://gritdaily.com/trump-campaign-data-tiktok/

Repurpose domains

Example: Biden campaign buying 'keep america great' website

New Coverage:

• https://www.the-sun.com/news/1394399/biden-campaign-buys-keep-america-great-website-troll-trump-failures/

App spamming

• https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/g5pg4y/k-pop-fans-took-down-a-police-snitching-app

Censorship due to enforcing copyright violation

Police playing copyright protected music to stop people from recording their police encounters and posting/live streaming them on social media