Hualien resident Yin Yuan-cheng, a Taiwanese national, and his Chinese wife, Liu Hui, face jail time over posts on Facebook circulating disinformation about COVID-19. The couple run two Facebook groups, the “Diba Base” and the “Diba Central Force”. ...
Concerns regarding fake news are on the rise in Taiwan, particularly regarding fake news of Chinese origin generated by content farms. Increased attention to the issue of fake news comes after several recent incidents, including an influx of suspicious users to Taiwan’s largest Internet forum and the suicide of a Taiwanese diplomat in Japan...
