What Taiwan can teach Canada about fighting foreign interference
On a Sunday morning in Taipei, a few dozen Taiwanese civilians carrying travel coffee mugs and notebooks settled into their seats in a classroom for a day-long crash course on surviving aThe classes, run by a Taiwanese non-profit called Kuma Academy, provide lessons in first aid techniques and evacuation planning. And there’s a new addition to the survival course curriculum: debunking disinformation.
“Imagine, for the cost of one missile, they could pay for numerous online influencers to spread disinformation.” “I found inspiration from Taiwan’s stories. But I found a lot of unfair things. So I felt like I wanted to not just use these stories as inspiration for music, but also try to fix things, to make things right,” Lim told Global News about his decision to pursue a political career.Lim now uses his powerful voice to condemn the Chinese government’s alleged intimidation and interference, which he said runs deep in Taiwanese society.
“Taiwan faces probably the most pressure and influence and exposure to Chinese disinformation,” said Ai-Men Lau, a Canadian researcher with DoubleThink Lab based in Taipei.A sign inside the office of DoubleThink Lab in Taipei, a Taiwanese NGO dedicated to fact-checking and debunking disinformation.“It’s quite striking being here in Taiwan, seeing how Taiwanese civil society has really risen up to address the issue. It’s very much a whole-of-society approach,” she said.
During Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan last year, MyGoPen debunked a viral TikTok video that falsely claimed the former U.S. House Speaker arrived with a fleet of fighter jets and warships in the South China Sea, threatening war with China.“We receive a lot of content that appears to originate from mainland China,” Yeh said. “We have observed an increasing trend of video content in particular.”
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