Interesting. In terms of infodemics, we’ve done some research on some countries using the website, and then we took from…What we call the website?
I forget the name of the website. We look at some countries, and Taiwan one of them. The only three countries that use fact-checkers provided by government regarding the infodemics, and Taiwan is not one of them.
You use the same strategy in the infodemics?
Not from the government, so let the TFCC do that.
Any other questions from you all?
Welfare.
Every ministry has the right to counter the disinformation?
How they do that? They use their official accounts, LINE or Twitter?
Any more questions? You?
It comes to the last questions. We have talked much about disinformation in Taiwan. Do you have any other issues regarding the disinformation that not covered in our interview before…
…that you want to share with me?
Or your perception on other?
Team T5?
Any issues about deep fake so far in Taiwan?
Thank you, Madame Minister, for you time.
It’s my pleasure. Thank you for this opportunity to have this kind of interview. I have some new issues that can be enlightening in some way. Thank you very much.
I turn off my recorder from now.
Thank you for your time. My name is Rino Nugroho. I’m from Sebelas Maret University in Indonesia. Today, I have a research with my colleague, Professor Liao, from NSYSU and my colleague as well in UNS and assistant at NSYSU, Galan.
I would like to know more about misinformation and disinformation. You already read of the informed consent. You agree to do this interview, am I right?
This is part of the…
Thank you.
The first thing that I want to ask is how do you know about misinformation or disinformation and fake news?
I get the idea of it.
That’s interesting terminology. Usually, there are some literature saying fake news. In my country, they also say fake news is…
Sorry again, but it’s part of the process of the interview. What is your position right now that may affect or affected by the disinformation or misinformation?
Triple P.
Interesting.
Yeah. Is it right if I say that, in combating the disinformation, you in Taiwan using social engineering? Like you said before, you creating the norm instead of just top-down?
Social sector first approach?
That’s interesting. If you say the social sector, who would be in the social sector if you identify them?
TFCC is like a crowd concept? People will try to do the fact-check rather than…
They’re trying to be free from all of those.
That’s interesting. That is the strategy, the social sector first?
Do you think it is difficult to handle that? In some countries, doing that kind of approach having difficulties as well. At some point, they become partisan, they become opposition, or they become government supporters.
How can they be trusted by…
That’s interesting.
According to your opinion, apart from the COVID-19, what is the most threatening of disinformation in Taiwan.
You said before that you understand that the disinformation, they tend to be high during election or during referendum.
That’s similar to us.
Interestingly, how do you know that there’s some issues going up and some issues going down? Are you having something that is…
You use the same data?
Just to clarify, before disinformation is spread, you predict that, and then you give another…
…a clarification before the disinformation.
It’s already trending?
Very interesting. One of the way to fight the disinformation is just giving all the story before the fake news be observed. I think that’s the best strategy to use.
Research also tells that usually disinformation spread using humor. You use humor to clarify the…
That’s funny.
