{"id":14705,"date":"2024-06-05T02:38:14","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T00:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/05\/from-beef-noodles-to-bots-taiwans-factcheckers-on-fighting-chinese-disinformation-and-unstoppable-ai\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T02:38:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T00:38:14","slug":"from-beef-noodles-to-bots-taiwans-factcheckers-on-fighting-chinese-disinformation-and-unstoppable-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/05\/from-beef-noodles-to-bots-taiwans-factcheckers-on-fighting-chinese-disinformation-and-unstoppable-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"From beef noodles to bots: Taiwan\u2019s factcheckers on fighting Chinese disinformation and \u2018unstoppable\u2019 AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taiwan is the target of more disinformation from abroad than any other democracy, according to University of Gothenburg study<\/p>\n

Charles Yeh\u2019s battle with disinformation in Taiwan began with a bowl of beef noodles. Nine years ago, the Taiwanese engineer was at a restaurant with his family when his mother-in-law started picking the green onions out of her food. Asked what she was doing, she explained that onions can harm your liver. She knew this, she said, because she had received text messages telling her so.<\/p>\n

Yeh was puzzled by this. His family had always happily eaten green onions. So he decided to set the record straight.<\/p>\n

He put the truth in a blog post and circulated it among family and friends through the messaging app Line. They shared it more broadly, and soon he received requests from strangers asking to be connected to his personal Line account.<\/p>\n

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\nTaiwan is the target of more disinformation from abroad than any other democracy, according to University of Gothenburg study
\nCharles Yeh\u2019s battle with disinformation in Taiwan began with a bowl of beef noodles. Nine years ago, the Taiwanese engineer was at a restaurant with his family when his mother-in-law started picking the green onions out of her food. Asked what she was doing, she explained that onions can harm your liver. She knew this, she said, because she had received text messages telling her so.
\nYeh was puzzled by this. His family had always happily eaten green onions. So he decided to set the record straight.
\n He put the truth in a blog post and circulated it among family and friends through the messaging app Line. They shared it more broadly, and soon he received requests from strangers asking to be connected to his personal Line account. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Taiwan is the target of more disinformation from abroad than any other democracy, according to University of Gothenburg study Charles Yeh\u2019s battle with disinformation in Taiwan began with a bowl of beef noodles. Nine years ago, the Taiwanese engineer was at a restaurant with his family when his mother-in-law started picking the green onions out …<\/p>\n

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