That’s amazing. Audrey Tang, in the tech industry, innovation is often associated with a lot of failures and sometimes failures can create a kernel of biggest successes in the future. Are there some policy innovations that you look back on now as constructive failures or just failures?

Another actual metrics which can demonstrate that the penetration of disinformation in Taiwan is significantly lower than other places in the world?

You mentioned earlier the approach to disinformation. I gather that the strategy is summarized by the concepts of fast, fair, and fun, which is both very concise and also sounds a lot more engaging than perhaps some of the approaches that have been taken in Australia. Could you outline Taiwan’s ...

Audrey, in Australia and around the world, there’s been much debate about political advertising and political information, particularly on social media platforms. What has Taiwan’s approach been to this issue?

Perhaps you could tell us a little bit about your personal role in the Sunflower movement, because you were something of the hands on IT professional when it came to the Occupy protests, didn’t it?

Audrey, I understand that the open democracy model of Taiwan very much stems back to the Occupy movement and the Sunflower movement. Could you recap those events for the Australian audience and tell us how you feel they reshaped Taiwan’s politics?

On Sunday Extra we’re speaking with Taiwan’s digital minister, Audrey Tang, about the initiatives of digital democracy that have attracted the attention of the world in Taiwan.

What proportion of the Taiwanese population engage with these platforms?

How do Taiwan’s digital democracy initiatives affect, if at all, its risk profile in terms of cyber warfare?

That’s fascinating. I understand that the Join platform is — and forgive my technical ignorance here — it operates using a system called Pol.is, is that correct?

How often is that trigger met? Do those petitions result in substantial policy changes?

That’s fascinating. The Join platform, you said that the trigger there is 5,000 digital signatures, is that right?

What sort of digital mechanisms are there for individual citizens in Taiwan to participate to policy making?

[chuckles] Audrey, after Donald Trump’s presidency, I think it’s pretty common, especially in Australia to see new technology, and especially social media as a threat to democracy as it’s been traditionally understood, but Taiwan today is a model of how that might not be the case. Could you outline for ...