What if somebody doesn't like your plans?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42578969/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

Assign security agents to work “via Facebook” to “jam up” political opponents. In particular, it suggests that security agents using “pseudonyms” pose as political dissidents and then gather intelligence about the opposition as well as “slip in” messages that would tarnish the reputations of leading dissident figures. Opposition figures should also become the target of lawsuits designed to “smear their moral and religious reputations.”

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Wow, I guess the Syrian government doesn't like protests!  I have no advice, other than to look at what others have done, and think things through before starting any project.  It's sort of like, how do you handle trolls online? There seems to always be somebody willing to screw up somebody else's plan, so that has to be taken into consideration.  A few times at our protests, Scientology had infiltrated our group.  We found out about it and decided basically just to not worry about it. We weren't doing anything wrong, and they couldn't really find out much of anything that wasn't already public.  Plus we knew who they were so we could keep an eye on them.  But man, if your opponent plans to kill you?  That's way beyond my paygrade.

Here's a report on TOR and other software useful for anonymity online.