42. The Path Forward: How a Responsible Government Will Deal With Online Misinformation

It is time to talk honestly about propaganda in Dominica. There are at least five Facebook pages that function as alternative, unnamed Dominica Labour Party propaganda machines:







So let us talk about verifiable facts, not opinions. According to publicly visible Facebook page creation dates:

  • Dominica 24/7, Inside Report Dominica and United Dominica were all created on the exact same day – January 3, 2026.
  • Dominica Memes was created four days later, on January 7, 2026.
  • Together For Dominica was created on May 26, 2025 – six days before Roosevelt Skerrit officially launched his re-election campaign in Dublanc on June 1, 2025.

These are not opinions. They are timestamps. There is no reasonable coincidence where three political pages appear on the same day, a fourth appears days later to reinforce the same messaging, and another conveniently emerges days before a national re-election campaign is launched.

That is not organic support. That is planning under pressure. This kind of synchronized rollout is not the behavior of a confident government with broad public trust. It is a clear sign of desperation, a scramble to control narrative, drown out criticism and manufacture the appearance of overwhelming support. Strong governments rely on transparency and performance. Desperate ones rely on volume, repetition, and coordination.

The structure is familiar:

  • Multiple pages to avoid accountability.
  • Staggered timing to appear organic.
  • Mirrored content to reinforce talking points.
  • Plausible deniability if questioned.

This is how modern propaganda networks are assembled, especially when legitimacy is slipping and elections are approaching. At this point, the issue is no longer whether these pages are coordinated – the dates alone answer that. The real question is why a sitting administration feels the need to operate this way.

  • The evidence is public..
  • The pattern is unmistakable.
  • And the desperation behind it is becoming increasingly obvious.

Dominicans deserve honest engagement, not manufactured consensus.

Mirror Accounts.

Anyone paying attention can see what is going on. Four of these pages – Dominica 24/7, United Dominica, Inside Report Dominica and Together For Dominica – operate like mirror images of each other. The same narratives. The same framing. The same talking points. In every cases, the same content is posted across all four pages within minutes of each other.

That does not happen organically. It is centralized control, likely by one individual or a coordinated team. Dominica Memes is the outlier only in style – not in purpose.

Now ask yourself the obvious question: who has the time, coordination, access, and incentive to operate multiple high-activity political pages every single day? The answer is not “five random supporters acting independently.”

Running pages like this requires organization, discipline, message alignment and constant attention. That level of coordination does not happen accidentally and it does not sustain itself without purpose.

The only conclusion is that these operations are directly or indirectly linked to the Roosevelt Skerrit administration – whether through government employee(s), party operative(s), or parliamentary representative(s) acting in coordination or with tacit approval.

This is not conjecture based on emotion. It is a conclusion drawn from patterns, timing, repetition, and scale. When multiple pages behave as one voice, move as one unit and defend one administration with identical messaging, the connection is no longer subtle, it is structural.

And the public deserves to ask why this level of coordination is necessary at all.

What makes this most disturbing is not just the coordination. It is the content. Much of what these pages push is misleading at best and outright misinformation at worst, designed to shape public opinion, attack critics, distract from real issues and manufacture the illusion of overwhelming public support.

The Hypocrisy.

And here is where the hypocrisy becomes impossible to ignore. The Dominica Reform Party constantly see people on Facebook complaining about Roosevelt Skerrit and his administration – yet those same people are members of, liking, sharing and engaging with these exact pages. You cannot claim to oppose an administration while actively supporting its propaganda machinery.

When you follow these pages, share their posts, or defend their narratives, you are enabling deliberate deception. You are helping spread the very misinformation you claim to be tired of. That contradiction makes no sense.

  • You do not fight corruption by amplifying it.
  • You do not fight manipulation by participating in it.
  • And you do not demand better governance while feeding the propaganda arms of the same administration you criticize.

If you truly want change in Dominica, start with intellectual honesty.

  • Stop following these pages.
  • Call out their post in real time.
  • And stop empowering Roosevelt Skerrit and his administration that survives not on transparency, but on manufactured narratives and digital manipulation.

This is not about party loyalty anymore. It is about whether we are willing to tell ourselves the truth or keep playing along with a propaganda machine that insults and laughs at the intelligence of the Dominican people.

How We Will Confront Misinformation Without Silencing Democracy.

And with that said, in every democracy, disagreement is healthy. Criticism is necessary. Debate is vital. But deliberate deception – especially when coordinated, anonymous and designed to mislead the public is something no responsible government can ignore.

When the Dominica Reform Party forms government, our approach to online misinformation will be guided by one simple principle:

  • We will defend free speech while protecting the public from deliberate harm. Those two goals are not opposites; they depend on each other.

To be very clear, we will not censor opinions, silence critics, or block social media platforms. Dominica is a democracy, not a dictatorship. Citizens have the right to question our government, criticize our leadership and express unpopular views without fear.

However, freedom of expression does not include the freedom to deliberately deceive, impersonate, defraud, or incite harm.

Drawing the line clearly: Not all online content is the same. A responsible government must distinguish between:

  • Opinions we may disagree with.
  • Honest mistakes or misunderstandings.
  • And accounts that intentionally spread false information, impersonate others, or operate anonymously to manipulate public opinion.

Only the last category requires action.

Our approach – transparency, not censorship: Instead of blocking accounts or secretly pressuring internet providers, our government will take a smarter and more democratic approach.

  • First, we will respond quickly and publicly with facts. Silence allows lies to spread. Our government will establish a rapid public response system that corrects false claims with evidence, documents and clear explanations,  shared openly on radio, social media and community platforms.
  • Second, we will demand transparency in political influence. Pages and accounts that push political messaging while hiding who is behind them undermine democracy. Where possible under the law, we will require disclosure of funding sources and affiliations for paid or coordinated political content.
  • Third, we will use the rules that already exist. Social media platforms prohibit fake accounts, impersonation and coordinated inauthentic behaviour. Our government will formally engage these platforms with documented evidence – not emotion – to have such accounts reviewed and removed according to their own standards.

When the law is broken, the courts will decide: If an account crosses into criminal behaviour – fraud, impersonation, incitement to violence, election interference, or defamation, the response will be lawful and transparent.

  • No executive orders.
  • No backroom deals.
  • No punishment without due process.

Cases will go through the courts, where evidence matters and rights are protected.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant: We also believe in accountability through exposure. Repeat offenders who knowingly spread falsehoods will be challenged publicly with facts. Claims will be documented. Corrections, or the refusal to correct, will be visible to everyone. This is not about shaming. It is about informing the public and restoring trust in truth.

Empowering citizens, not controlling them: Finally, we will invest in media literacy – helping citizens recognize misinformation for themselves. A confident, informed population does not need censorship to protect it.

The bottom line is a strong government does not fear criticism. A weak government tries to silence it. Our government will do neither.

We will protect free speech, confront lies with truth, enforce the law when real harm is done, and trust the people of Dominica with the facts.

That is how democracy survives in the digital age – not through deception, not through manufactured consent, and not through a web of fake, anonymous, or coordinated propaganda social media accounts designed to mislead the public and artificially defend Roosevelt Skerrit and his administration as their legitimacy weakens.

Governments that believe in their record do not hide behind false personas. Governments that trust their people do not flood social media with synchronized narratives.

Propaganda is the tool of fear, not strength. And when Roosevelt Skerrit and his administration need digital manipulation to survive, it has already admitted, without saying a word that it has lost the confidence of the people