Consider This: Disinformation (Part 2) - Digital Persuasion & Memetic Warfare

The police have denied a claim by social media giant Meta that found the PDRM to be linked to a “troll farm” set up to manipulate public discourse. The coordinated network had “posted memes in Bahasa Malaysia in support of the current government coalition, along with claims of corruption among its critics”. What makes memes the 'weapon of choice' for disinformants running influence operations? Melisa Idris speaks to Farhan Shahmi Abdullah, an independent scholar who focuses on media literacy and digital cultures and in particular, the Malaysian memescape.