The Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech posted a statement to social media revealing that fake emails are circulating in his name as part of a widespread disinformation campaign in Malta. Grech stated that ‘after cloning news websites to deliberately spread fake news, the perpetrators are now specifically trying to damage the Opposition.’
He labelled these tactics as dangerous and anti-democratic. He stated that Malta cannot allow these crimes to go unpunished and that we cannot accept the strengthening of a culture of impunity which led to the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Grech called for an urgent meeting between the Opposition and the government, along with a beefing up of the police’s cybercrime unit. This is to make sure that laws regulating cybercrime are strengthened ahead of the impending upcoming election. He concluded his statement by saying that Prime Minister Robert Abela cannot remain silent as ‘silence is complicity.’
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Photo Source: Bernard Grech FB, BitLyft Cybersecurity