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Every time Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim posts on Facebook, the comments are flooded with praise. But a Malaysiakini investigation last year found that much of it was driven by a coordinated network of cybertrooper accounts.

In this episode of Explain Sikit, we unpack the patterns behind an online cheerleading network linked to support for Anwar Ibrahim, and why repeating the same messages can be just as powerful as spreading misinformation.

Host Yiswaree Palansamy speaks to journalist Koh Jun Lin and media scholar Dr Benjamin Loh about where political campaigning ends and digital manipulation begins.

???? Read the full investigation on Malaysiakini:
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/756577
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/756652
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/756782

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Host: Yiswaree Palansamy
Producer: Azreen Madzlan
#ExplainSikit #Astroturfing #cybertroopers #manifacturingconsent #Malaysianpolitics #AnwarIbrahim
Category
TV Saluran - TV Channel
Tags
Kinitv, Malaysia, politics
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