Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) is fond of criticizing the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for attacking him with “cyberwarriors.”
He has said: “If the DPP continues to govern by cyberarmy, it will meet its nemesis sooner or later.”
That was an impressive prediction.
Before the DPP meets its nemesis, Ko’s own cyberwarriors hidden at the Taipei City Government have been exposed, one after another, despite his curse on the party. If people were asking whether he was operating a cyberarmy of his own before, they now have their answer.
For example, consider Lin Yu-sheng (林育生), who heads the information section at the Department
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) for the past few weeks has been embroiled in a controversy about the use of so-called cyberarmies.
An accusation first surfaced on June 2, when Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taipei City Councilor Wang Min-sheng (王閔生) said in a council hearing that the account “LoveError” had been using the Professional Technology Temple online bulletin board system to disseminate false information and attack the party.
“LoveError” is reported to have said that Taiwanese had to show the “correct” political affiliation to obtain COVID-19 medicine. Along with “going70” and “going9,” the account used IP addresses inside the Taipei City Government
Taipei, June 13 (CNA) Several Taipei City councilors on Monday asked for further investigation into recent accusations city government employees acted as a cyberarmy in an effort to manipulate public opinion, despite a report released by the city government last week detailing probes into 12 accounts on the online bulletin board PTT.