KOTA KINABALU: Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin has ordered Sabah Umno's divisions to activate their respective media teams and defend the party from intensifying online attacks from political opponents.
Thursday, 14 Jan 2021 12:21 PM MYT
BY G. PRAKASH
OII said Malaysian cybertrooper teams involved full-time staff members who are employed year-round to control information space. AFP pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 Malaysia is among 81 countries where the manipulation of public opinion through social media remains a growing threat to democracies around the world, a global study has found.
According to a 2020 media manipulation survey by the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), organised social media manipulation campaigns have been found in 81 countries, up from 70 countries in 2019, with global misinformation being produced on an industrial scale by major governments, public relations firms and political parties.