How Taiwan beat back disinformation and preserved the integrity of its election ( www.channelnewsasia.com )

Worries that China would use disinformation to undermine the integrity of Taiwan's vote dogged the recent election, a key moment in the young democracy's development that highlighted tensions with its much larger neighbor.

In repelling disinformation, Chinese and domestic, Taiwan offers an example to other democracies holding elections this year.

In 2024, more than 50 countries that are home to half the planet’s population are due to hold national elections. From India to Mexico, the UK to Russia, the outcomes of the elections will test the strengths of democracies and countries with authoritarian leaders.

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Taiwain's giving everyone a democracy lesson. They're properly countering misinformation, and doing so without endangering free speech.

Notably, Taiwan has resisted calls for tougher laws that would require social media platforms to police their sites; a proposal to institute such rules was withdrawn in 2022 after free speech concerns were raised.

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