Taiwan was last year the most targeted country by foreign governments spreading false information for the ninth consecutive year, a study released this month showed.
The nation was followed by Latvia and Palestine as a target for false information spread by foreign governments, the Sweden-based Varieties of Democracy Institute-affiliated Digital Society Project reported in its latest report.
The governments of Turkmenistan, North Korea and Myanmar were the world’s most significant spreaders of false information, while China and Russia were ranked sixth and 12th respectively, the study showed.
The volume of disinformation being circulated has multiplied with “fake news” increasingly becoming a tool of
Poll says Tsai should lead TRA reform
By Lo Chi and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer
A poll released yesterday showed that 67.7 percent of respondents agreed that President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) should oversee reforms of the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) following the Taroko Express No. 408 derailment in Hualien County on April 2.
The train crash, which left 49 people dead and more than 200 injured, is one of the worst train disasters in Taiwanese history.
Transportation authorities have repeatedly said that the TRA will be reformed.
Yen Yung-shen (顏永森), convenor of polling at the Grassroots Influence Foundation, which conducted the survey, told a news conference in Taipei that 48.8 percent of respondents said that they were dissatisfied with the government’s handling of the crash.