Fighting against distorted arguments. Lesson 1

To have a beautiful, prosperous, free and happy Vietnam like today, our people have paid with the blood and bones of generations of our ancestors, so we must protect and join forces to repel hostile forces that sabotage the Party and State in the new situation.

Hostile forces have been constantly sabotaging our Party and State in many aspects in recent times, especially in cyberspace...

On cyberspace

Clause 3, Article 2 of our country's Law on Cyber Security defines: Cyberspace is a network of information technology infrastructure connections, including telecommunications networks, the Internet, computer networks, information systems, information processing and control systems, and databases; it is a place where people perform social behaviors without being limited by space and time.

With such a modern flat world, it creates many benefits for countries and peoples around the world, but it also brings great challenges. Vietnam, which is among the countries that enjoy many of its benefits, also faces many challenges. Specifically, in addition to being attacked by cyber attacks; online fraud, gambling, gambling organization, prostitution brokerage, weapons and drug trafficking, etc. are developing rapidly, there is also the situation of defamatory information, slander, insulting human dignity, violating traditional customs, etc. In particular, hostile forces take advantage of propaganda to distort, exaggerate, and distort pressing domestic issues; create false information to disrupt the media, cause doubts among the masses, gradually create instability, and move towards forming anti-government protest trends.

Their articles and clips distort the truth.

To serve this purpose, reactionary organizations have set up thousands of websites, blogs, Facebook accounts, Youtube accounts... to increase "psychological warfare" campaigns; launch hundreds of campaigns to spread fake news and untrue information on the internet; take advantage of the cover of "civil society" and "social criticism" to collect information, gather opposition forces, promote "civil disobedience" in the country, distort and divide internally, and propagate against the Party and the State.

Typical distortions

The terrorist attack on the two communes of Ea Ktur and Ea Tieu, Cu Kuin district, Dak Lak province is a typical case. Many articles and clips distorting the truth were posted on websites, blogs, Facebook accounts, Youtube... Among them, VoA has an article: "Violence in Dak Lak..."; then "Montagnards attack the government...", citing two cases in the US named Y Phic and Aga - members of the reactionary organization "Montagnards for Justice". He distorted the truth that, of the more than 70 cases arrested in the terrorist attack in Dak Lak, "most were innocent people", "the government suspects anyone, hates anyone, they arrest them all"!?.

People turned to Dak Lak to hate the perpetrator.

All the above articles and clips were posted on the internet at a time when people across the country were indignant about Dak Lak, sharing the pain and loss when many police officers and soldiers passed away. With the hope that the authorities would find the culprits, one of the people commented under the article: "16 people arrested in the attack on the police headquarters in Dak Lak" on the VnExpress page: "Disregard for the law, barbaric actions, requesting that the authorities severely punish them. My condolences to the families of the soldiers and people who died."

The subjects arrested in the terrorist attack in Dak Lak were all directly related to the deaths of the officers and soldiers. If they were not arrested, how could the case be investigated and solved? Any country in that situation would have to do the same to ensure national security. Surely, Y Phic and Aga, as well as all the writers of the above articles, living in the civilized land of America, also know that. However, they deliberately said and wrote false things, which means they are bad elements, hostile or mentally ill.

Similarly, in the “Rescue Flight” case, the Hanoi People’s Court has just held a first-instance trial of 54 defendants prosecuted for the crimes of “Giving bribes”, “Receiving bribes”, “Brokering bribes”, “Fraudulent appropriation of property” and “Abusing position and power while performing official duties”. Viet Tan has an article: “Swapping the concept of “thank you” in the “rescue flight” case revolves around the self-defense in court of former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung, who was accused of receiving a bribe of 21.5 billion VND in the case. Reading through this article, there is nothing worth mentioning, but thinking back, I see a very sinister intention, inciting and luring people into making comments against the Party and the State of Vietnam. “It turns out that the Communist Party only selects “slow-developing” people to delegate power…”, one of the people who commented against our Party under the article. However, there are also intelligent and profound comments such as: "He (Mr. Dung) is not aware, that is his business, after going to prison he will have time to sit back and reflect. As for the law, this is a criminal offense, and if you commit a crime, you must be severely punished, in any country it must be like that."

In addition to the above incidents, it is impossible not to think of the disturbances in some places across the country in 2018, including Binh Thuan. At that time, the whole country was implementing the draft Law on Special Economic Zones and the Law on Cyber Security. Reactionary elements not only tried to spread bad and toxic information on cyberspace, but also directly attracted and incited people to oppose the Party and the State. Many people mistakenly believed it was true or did not fully understand the issue, so they followed them, causing unfortunate consequences.

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