What is digital war?
A contention or conflict or war that happens through the internet. Digital conflict is the latest war of the 21st century where everybody can participate in it by sitting at home. Digital war can happen relentlessly and persistently over time since it needn’t bother with a physical presence.
Those who take part in these wars are called
- Keyboard warriors or keyboard fighters.
- Digital warriors or digital fighters.
There are few other names for digital war.
- Information war.
- Internet war.
- Computerized war.
- Data war.
The usage of digital media has expanded the competition in all fields be it entertainment, business, politics, or administrative issues. Digital mediums are making individuals mindful by creating awareness of some bad and terrible things that are occurring. There is a saying, “Too much is too bad.” the digital medium is heading in that way.
The usage of the internet has increased rapidly in recent years. Digital has become a lifestyle for many individuals. Numerous individuals are procuring their daily bread from digital mediums. The dependency on the internet is increasing day by day. Some people are making use of the internet incredibly, though a few people are utilizing them badly. Few are using to grab public attention. Few are using them to get fame.
The digital medium is probably the quickest method of sending data to general society. Numerous individuals are utilizing this to spread bogus or false propaganda. This propaganda is brainwashing the minds of the public. It is hard to control the false propaganda that gets viral. These propaganda’s are dividing the public’s mind. The public is becoming intolerant by forming their own opinion in particular prejudiced against or antagonistic towards a person or people. People, in general, are getting confounded on which is genuine information and which is bogus information. The days are not far where the public will lose trust in one another due to these digital mediums. We as human beings should work on the solidarity of everybody but it is going the other way. Criticism of others in digital medium has increased in an extremely huge sum. It has become very easy for the public to do unlawful activities through digital mediums.
The use of digital medium’s in politics are:
- To spread their political party wings more extensively.
- For election campaigning.
- To set false narratives on good hard-working politicians or government officials.
- Administering parties are utilizing them to show their progression work to the public.
- To expose or uncover some corrupted politicians and tainted lawmakers.
- Opposition parties are using them to politicize every issue.
- Opposition parties are utilizing them to put pressure on the ruling government – it is good to put pressure on the ruling party but the pressure on the ruling government has become enormous through digital mediums.
- Some political parties are utilizing them to create agitation or trouble among the public.
- To create controversies.
How various nations are utilizing these digital media to fight against different countries?
Through these digital mediums, individuals from one nation are battling with another nation for their political gains like
- Destroying the relationship between the two different nations.
- For the sake of being a superpower, individuals from one nation are destroying the peace and unity of other nations by spreading hate among the public in digital mediums.
- Through the internet, few individuals are involved in stealing some significant information from other countries.
- The days are not far where the enemies will start attacking the data servers in one or the other way.
