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China's secret Internet police target critics with web of propaganda , by Jonathan Watts in Beijing, ", Covert or False Flag operations (or " Active Measures " according to Soviet terminology). INTERNET POLICE TEAMS IN MAINLAND CHINA It has been reported that in 2005, departments of provincial and municipal governments in Mainland China began creating teams of Internet commentators from propaganda and police departments and offering them classes in Marxism , Propaganda techniques, and the Internet . They are reported to guide discussion on public bulletin boards away from politically sensitive topics by posting opinions anonymously or under false names. "They are actually hiring staff to curse online", said Liu Di , a Chinese student who was arrested for posting her comments in Blogs . Chinese Internet police also erase anti-Communist comments and posts pro-government messages. , January 24 , 2007 INTERNET BRIGADES IN RUSSIA First publication This alleged phenomenon in , 2003 ( English translation ) Behavior According to Polyanskaya and her colleagues, the behavior of people from the Internet brigades has distinct features, some of which are the following:
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Criticism Alexander Usupovski, head of the analytical department of the , 2003 Yusupovskiy's points included:
Usupovski concluded: "We would never make our country's military organizations and security services work under the rule of law and legal control, if won't learn to recognize rationally and objectively their necessity and usefulness for the country, state, society and citizens. Sweeping defamation and intentional discreditation with the help of "arguments", which are obviously false, only contribute to the extrusion of security services outside of rule of law and instigates them to chaos". Support The findings of Polyanskaya and her colleagues have been supported by writer Grigory Svirsky and psychologist Vladimir Bagryansky. They claimed that "the Internet brigade led by Alexander Usupovski is probably the most incompetent team of Russian state security services in RuNet". Discussion The discussion began in the Internet Forum of the "Russian Journal", just a few days after the first publication by Polyanskaya and others, and it lasted for two months. Bloggers claimed that Usupovsky and his supporters ''are'' the governmental "Internet brigade", " FSB agents", and "bastards of SMERSH ". A discussion was also conducted on the Internet forum of Moscow News Usupovsky supporters suggested to sue Ivan Lomko for libels and defamation [http://www.library.cjes.ru/online/?a=con&b_id=318&c_id=2691 and issued various threats.[http://www.library.cjes.ru/online/?a=con&b_id=318&c_id=2691] In 2007 sociological analysis of big groups in Russian society published at Russian resource RIO-Center , it's mentioned that idea of existence of web-brigades is a widespread point of view in RuNet. Authors say "it's difficult to say whether hypothesis of existence of web-brigades corresponds to reality", but claim that users professing views and methods that are ascribed to members of "web-brigades" may be found in vast amounts at various opposition forums. Big groups in Russian society: analysis of prospects of organization of collective actions. , by RIO-Center. (in Russian) Brigades on the Polish Internet Russian "Internet brigades" reportedly appeared in , 13/2005 LiveJournal fighters A member of '', 19 March , 2007 and said that people's brains must be " Nationalized " . He instructed "LiveJournal fighters" that :"We are losing in the Internet in that respect. It is always easier to break down things than to do something positive. What you are doing are jokes and minor infractions. Not only methods, but also goals must be radical. We must blow this romantics out of them opponents . It is important not only to protect the authorities - this is understood, but we need to attract young people who can work creatively in the Internet. This is an important communication place of young people. Make them interested in conversations with you." Internet brigades in Russian literature The alleged FSB activities on the Internet have been described in the short story "Anastasya" by Russian writer Grigory Svirsky , who was interested in the moral aspects of their work." Grigory Svirsky ''Anastasya. A story on-line'' (Full text in Russian) He wrote: ''"It seems that offending, betraying, or even "murdering" people in the virtual space is easy. This is like killing an enemy in a video game: one does not see a disfigured body or the eyes of the person who is dying right in front of you. However, the human soul lives by its own basic laws that force it to pay the price for the virtual crime in his real life"''. INTERNET BRIGADES IN WIKIPEDIA? |
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