Singapore’s interests should matter most to those of us who call this country home.
The posts were accompanied by videos of self-exiled Chinese businessman and Communist Party of China critic Guo Wengui speaking in Mandarin or occasionally using automated English voiceovers.is speaking in Mandarin, but his voice in some clips is drowned out by a computer-generated voiceover in American-accented English.
Singapore has dealt with such campaigns before. During a period of tensions with a country between 2016 and 2017, the Republic was the target of a coordinated campaign aimed at undermining its foreign policy position. Online commentaries and videos, which aimed to shape Singaporeans’ feelings on the topic at hand, were uploaded by social media accounts that had been dormant for years.
The challenge of tackling such campaigns is that one is often playing catch-up. The 95 problematic accounts may be blocked, but similar networks can easily set up many more such accounts to make their point. Singapore’s battle against foreign interference shares similarities with its ongoing effort to fight scams. The solution to both problems requires that the law be complemented by public education and a good dose of critical thinking. Such public education campaigns would ideally sensitise people to foreign interference and its many guises.
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