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Cybertroopers in Southeast Asia: Countless and Complex

Politicians and governments flood the cyberzone with misinformation

Our Correspondent
Sep 04, 2025
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Southeast Asia’s stumbling democracies, despite having become increasingly authoritarian, are still short of home-grown social media platforms and still allow their own citizens to access and air their voices through international social media platforms.

That has energized armies of cybertroops and trolls to manipulate online discussions, often in the pa…

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