CNA Explains: Why Singapore is a prime target for disinformation campaigns

CNA Explains: Why Singapore is a prime target for disinformation campaigns


Who are the posts for?

In the Indonesian case, false claims about a meeting with Singapore’s ambassador made up about 2 per cent of posts by a network of TikTok accounts. The rest of the time, the accounts posted about Indonesian domestic programmes and politics instead.

This fits the view of experts, who believe the campaigns were meant to both silence critics and rally supporters at home.

In CNA Verify’s other investigations, it was harder to say whom the posts were meant for, though educated guesses were possible. 




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