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Why should the average citizen be concerned about PAP Internet Brigade?
The PAP Internet Brigades work undercover to give an artificial impression that PAP members (especially MPs) are well-liked, and that PAP policies are well-loved by its citizens. More importantly, their actions are counter-productive to efforts by netizens to critically engage policy makers, and present an inaccurate picture of policy reception.
How was PAP Internet Brigade incepted?
In 2007, the State media reported that the PAP Government had mounted a “quiet counter-insurgency” against its online critics.
This counter-insurgency was led by the PAP’s new media committee chaired by Ng Eng Hen. Other key members include: Baey Yam Keng, Josephine Teo, Lui Tuck Yew and Zaqy Mohamad.
One half of this group is engaged in strategizing and the other, executing the strategy.
Over 20 other IT-savvy party activists were also involved and were told to go in to forums and blogs to rebut “anti-establishment” views and put up postings anonymously.
Metamorphosis
Since then, this group has morphed into what many has labelled as the PAP Internet Brigade, comprising a mixbag of Internet bloggers, bullies and trolls.
The tactics and intellectual depth of many in the Brigade leaves much to be desired.
Some engage in idol-worship for the Party’s supreme leader LKY. See for instance the blogger Petunia Lee’s post on how she missed LKY and cried buckets over the death of the latter’s wife:
Why should the average citizen be concerned about PAP Internet Brigade?
The PAP Internet Brigades work undercover to give an artificial impression that PAP members (especially MPs) are well-liked, and that PAP policies are well-loved by its citizens. More importantly, their actions are counter-productive to efforts by netizens to critically engage policy makers, and present an inaccurate picture of policy reception.
How was PAP Internet Brigade incepted?
In 2007, the State media reported that the PAP Government had mounted a “quiet counter-insurgency” against its online critics.
This counter-insurgency was led by the PAP’s new media committee chaired by Ng Eng Hen. Other key members include: Baey Yam Keng, Josephine Teo, Lui Tuck Yew and Zaqy Mohamad.
One half of this group is engaged in strategizing and the other, executing the strategy.
Over 20 other IT-savvy party activists were also involved and were told to go in to forums and blogs to rebut “anti-establishment” views and put up postings anonymously.
Metamorphosis
Since then, this group has morphed into what many has labelled as the PAP Internet Brigade, comprising a mixbag of Internet bloggers, bullies and trolls.
The tactics and intellectual depth of many in the Brigade leaves much to be desired.
Some engage in idol-worship for the Party’s supreme leader LKY. See for instance the blogger Petunia Lee’s post on how she missed LKY and cried buckets over the death of the latter’s wife:
