Cybertrooper Upahan UMNO Berkeliaran

Laman-laman web berita diberikan ingatan bahawa pemimpin BN telah melantik 200 cyber trooper untuk mempengaruhi pandangan pembaca laman web dan laman sosial termasuk Facebook.

Tugas mereka adalah mempengaruhi pandangan pembaca dengan komen-komen pro kerajaan melalui laman berkenaan walaupun ia tidaklah berasaskan kebenaran.

"Tujuannya adalah untuk menghasilkan persepsi bahawa Najib Razak dan kerajaannya mempunyai penyokong yang ramai di alam siber di samping mengacau pembaca yang lain," kata satu surat pembaca yang disiarkan oleh laman The Malaysian Insider hari ini.

Sebenarnya mereka dibayar melalui cukai yang dipungut dari rakyat Malaysia, kata penulis surat itu.

"Saya mencadangkan pemilik laman web berita ini tidak menyiarkan pandangan mereka kerena mereka hanya dibayar untuk berbuat demikian dan bukannya berasaskan kebenaran atau untuk kepentingan Malaysia," tulis pembaca yang menggunakan nama Gomen Man itu. -HD

By Gomen Man via The Malaysian Insider

I caution Malaysiakini, The Malaysian Insider and other websites that the Barisan Nasional government has hired about 200 cyber troopers to try and influence opinion on portals, social networking sites like Facebook.

These paid hands will post inane comments and even challenge webmasters to put up their comments. The idea is to create the impression that there are many supporters of Najib Razak and his government in cyberspace and intimidate others.

But in truth, they number about 200 and are paid by taxpayers. I urge the new sites not to put up their comments because they are paid hands and are not interested in any principles or in a better Malaysia.

Their sole aim is to perpetuate the present system despite all its flaws. The Najib government has apparently been advised by its good friends in Singapore that it needs to influence opinions in social networking sites and the Internet. That is why they have hired these cyber troopers.

So, please beware, Malaysiakini and others.