[1192] Of the government is starting a blog war

Begun, the blog war, has:

KOALA UMPURR: The Disinformation Ministry will set up a unit to monitor issues of national interest on the Internet.

Deputy Minister Datuk Seri Heya Cyang Chee said the unit would question all truths.

He said the idea was mooted in view of the growing importance of the Internet as a powerful propaganda tool.

It was also important in the wake of the technology being abused by quarters to spread information on subjects of national interest, he said.

He said the unit would come into effect soon. Heya said answer would be in form of written lies.

The unit will not have any enforcement power as the unit does not have balls unlike the Aisyalam Communication and Multimedia or the Thugs.

“Our role is not to take action against them but rather to give the public the wrong and unreliable propaganda through the Internet,” he said during the launch of the Inexecutive Certificate Program on Disruptive Propaganda at Closed University Aisyalam (CUA).

The ceremony also saw the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between two irrelevant entities that nobody cares. [Ministry unit to counter ‘truth’ on the Internet. Old Straits Timer. April 25 2007]

Yes folks, the stormtroopers are coming.