Guide to Monitoring Disinformation Attacks

Disinformation attacks and false narratives against Democratic candidates are nothing new, but they’re showing up more often and moving faster than most campaigns can track on their own. If you’re wondering how campaigns are supposed to keep up, on top of everything else they have to do, you’ve come to the right place. This guide to monitoring disinformation attacks gives you a system for measuring how serious a false narrative actually is, instead of guessing whether it’s worth your time to respond.

Use the Breakout Scale included in this resource to rate the reach and real-world impact of a piece of disinformation, then follow the accompanying guidance to figure out what that rating means for your response. From there, our Disinformation Tracker Template lets you log and monitor attacks against your campaign over time, so you can spot patterns instead of reacting to each attack in isolation.

Included are:

• A Breakout Scale to assist you in identifying the reach and impact of a piece of information

• Guidance on how to analyze the Breakout Scale

• Instructions on how to use our Disinformation Tracker Template for tracking disinformation against you/your campaign