Senior Executive Partner at Gartner | Strategic Advisor & Network Builder | Innovation & Transformation Leader | Security & Resilience Expert |
The World Economic Forum identified #misinformation and #disinformation (or #malinformation as my Gartner colleagues refer to it) as the most significant short-term global #risk we face given that a significant number of people will go through elections in the next 2 years. Couple this with the stories that have been popping up about the impact of #deepfakes and I would say that there is genuine reason to be concerned. But it seems that Taiwan may have a blueprint for how nations can try and tackle this problem. Taiwan went through a presidential election in January and there were concerns around the potential impact of misinformation and disinformation. "In Taiwan, the response to disinformation was swift. Fact-checking groups debunked the rumors, while the Central Election Commission held a news conference to push back on claims of electoral discrepancies." Furthermore, it seems that Taiwan takes this threat seriously and leverages a multifaceted "whole of society approach" approach that relies on government, independent fact-check groups and even private citizens to call out disinformation and propaganda. Very interestingly, this was achieved without the use of tougher laws to force #socialmedia sites to police themselves. With a Federal election coming soon to #Canada, are there lessons that we can learn and institute from Taiwan's experience? #cdnpoli #natsec