Cyber disinformation: How dangerous are the Middle East s electronic armies ?
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Cyber disinformation: How dangerous are the Middle East s electronic armies ?
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Are the Middle East s electronic armies the most dangerous of all?
They re behind online hate campaigns to intimidate activists, journalists or dissidents. There is no doubt that in some cases, those campaigns have led to murder.
Saudi Arabia s special forces: The country is thought to have special forces conducting online warfare too
There are armies in the Middle East that do not have guns and whose soldiers work online only but that doesn t mean they re not dangerous.
The term electronic armies is commonly used in the Middle East for such forces. The concept is simple, as the internet freedom advocates from Access Now explain. A group of people assume false identities in order to participate in internet forums and social media to send or suppress a specific message.
Arab countries face high coronavirus vaccine hesitancy
The rollout of coronavirus vaccines in the Middle East and North Africa is already taking place on a massive scale, with the United Arab Emirates leading the way. Nevertheless, many people are in no rush to get the COVID-19 jab. Cathrin Schaer poses the all-important question: why?
Earlier this week Mahmoud, an Iraqi civil servant, had an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccination appointment in Baghdad. The 34-year-old had easily been able to register for an AstraZeneca injection. But he didn t go to the hospital. The Europeans said it wasn t safe, explained Mahmoud, who didn t give his full name because he works for an Iraqi government ministry and staff are not supposed to talk to media.