Tim Niven
@timniven.bsky.social
Research Lead at @doublethinklab.bsky.social.
Tainan, Taiwan.
Tainan, Taiwan.
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An updated version of my recent piece on the China Index findings on CCP foreign influence around the world is up at the Power 3.0 blog.
Thanks to the NED for improving and publishing it!
www.power3point0.org/2025/10/21/n...
Thanks to the NED for improving and publishing it!
www.power3point0.org/2025/10/21/n...
New Index Takes the Pulse of China’s Growing and Dynamic Foreign Influence - Power 3.0: Understanding Modern Authoritarian Influence
By Sarah Cook In just the past month, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) added to its long track record of foreign influence. New details have emerged about the PRC’s continued involvement in espionage...
www.power3point0.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
An updated version of my recent piece on the China Index findings on CCP foreign influence around the world is up at the Power 3.0 blog.
Thanks to the NED for improving and publishing it!
www.power3point0.org/2025/10/21/n...
Thanks to the NED for improving and publishing it!
www.power3point0.org/2025/10/21/n...
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My latest @aspi-org.bsky.social The Strategist on Tailored Psychological Warfare: A #Deepfake Video of Hong Kong Activists
📍Significance > a more tailored & comprehensive approach of psychological warfare
📍An early test for China's future ops
Threads⚡️x 7
www.aspistrategist.org.au/tailored-psy...
📍Significance > a more tailored & comprehensive approach of psychological warfare
📍An early test for China's future ops
Threads⚡️x 7
www.aspistrategist.org.au/tailored-psy...
August 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
My latest @aspi-org.bsky.social The Strategist on Tailored Psychological Warfare: A #Deepfake Video of Hong Kong Activists
📍Significance > a more tailored & comprehensive approach of psychological warfare
📍An early test for China's future ops
Threads⚡️x 7
www.aspistrategist.org.au/tailored-psy...
📍Significance > a more tailored & comprehensive approach of psychological warfare
📍An early test for China's future ops
Threads⚡️x 7
www.aspistrategist.org.au/tailored-psy...
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My team is organizing a workshop on information disorder at the CSCW conference (Oct 18, Bergen, Norway). We aim to convene scholars committed to understanding mis & disinfo, scams, online hate, etc. Applicants should submit 2-6 page position papers by Aug 1: cscw2025infodisorder.netlify.app
CSCW 2025 Information Disorder Workshop
cscw2025infodisorder.netlify.app
July 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
My team is organizing a workshop on information disorder at the CSCW conference (Oct 18, Bergen, Norway). We aim to convene scholars committed to understanding mis & disinfo, scams, online hate, etc. Applicants should submit 2-6 page position papers by Aug 1: cscw2025infodisorder.netlify.app
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Another harrowing night in Kyiv and my neighbourhood is getting pummelled.
A boy ran into my shelter with his family earlier, crying. “I thought this was my last night,” he told his grandma as she cuddled him.
Then, at 3:00 am: “I’m 8 years old now! It’s already my birthday!”
A boy ran into my shelter with his family earlier, crying. “I thought this was my last night,” he told his grandma as she cuddled him.
Then, at 3:00 am: “I’m 8 years old now! It’s already my birthday!”
July 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Another harrowing night in Kyiv and my neighbourhood is getting pummelled.
A boy ran into my shelter with his family earlier, crying. “I thought this was my last night,” he told his grandma as she cuddled him.
Then, at 3:00 am: “I’m 8 years old now! It’s already my birthday!”
A boy ran into my shelter with his family earlier, crying. “I thought this was my last night,” he told his grandma as she cuddled him.
Then, at 3:00 am: “I’m 8 years old now! It’s already my birthday!”
Civic Idea are a terrific organization doing impactful work under very difficult circumstances. Their latest report looks at Iranian entities evading sanctions through Georgia:
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July 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Civic Idea are a terrific organization doing impactful work under very difficult circumstances. Their latest report looks at Iranian entities evading sanctions through Georgia:
civicidea.ge/wp-content/u...
civicidea.ge/wp-content/u...
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Plugging CDT again, critical resource for me and so many others as we learned about China. They're $1.8k away from a 10k goal to keep the lights on. Click through and make a donation (even better, make a recurring donation), will be your best use of 90 seconds all day.
In recent months, we have lost a significant portion of our funding. Yet we remain committed to helping the world better understand China at this critical juncture in global politics. We are asking for your help to keep our websites up and running.
giving.chinadigitaltimes.net/page/serverc...
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Keep CDT Online: Donate for Server Expenses
China Digital Times (CDT) is a non-profit organization that relies on institutional and individual donations to sustain our operations. In recent months, we have lost a significant portion of our inst...
giving.chinadigitaltimes.net
July 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Plugging CDT again, critical resource for me and so many others as we learned about China. They're $1.8k away from a 10k goal to keep the lights on. Click through and make a donation (even better, make a recurring donation), will be your best use of 90 seconds all day.
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The idea that Taiwan might one day declare independence misses the core of the cross-strait issue. For many Taiwanese, especially those born after martial law, independence isn’t a destination; it’s the condition they already live under. www.aspistrategist.org.au/every-day-is...
Every day is Independence Day in Taiwan | The Strategist
In a speech kicking off his ‘10 Talks on the Country’ series on 22 June, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te declared that Taiwan ‘is of course a country’, citing its democratic system and separate histo...
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July 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The idea that Taiwan might one day declare independence misses the core of the cross-strait issue. For many Taiwanese, especially those born after martial law, independence isn’t a destination; it’s the condition they already live under. www.aspistrategist.org.au/every-day-is...
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Sadly, I think we've been teaching digital/media literacy all wrong. Instead of focusing on teaching people how to be skeptical and spot manipulation, we should focus on teaching people how these systems work so they can effectively use them to share their messages and promote their values.
June 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Sadly, I think we've been teaching digital/media literacy all wrong. Instead of focusing on teaching people how to be skeptical and spot manipulation, we should focus on teaching people how these systems work so they can effectively use them to share their messages and promote their values.
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This is a collective action problem. Being silent is not going to help you in the end: the liars are doing keyword searches to find offending grants whether you talk or not. THEY are framing the public convo while you 🤐. I can’t stress that enough. A quick thread:
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump’s ‘fear factor’: Scientists go silent as funding cuts escalate
Many worry about retribution. But for others, speaking out is worth the risk
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is a collective action problem. Being silent is not going to help you in the end: the liars are doing keyword searches to find offending grants whether you talk or not. THEY are framing the public convo while you 🤐. I can’t stress that enough. A quick thread:
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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This is beyond outrageous! #HongKong authorities have sunk to a new despicable low in their escalating transnational repression in arresting the father and brother of human rights defender in exile Anna Kwok, executive director of Hong Kong Democracy Council. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Hong Kong police arrest father and brother of wanted activist Anna Kwok
Hong Kong national security police have arrested the father and brother of wanted activist Anna Kwok for allegedly dealing with her finances, local media reported on Friday, in the first use of the city's security law on family members.
www.reuters.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This is beyond outrageous! #HongKong authorities have sunk to a new despicable low in their escalating transnational repression in arresting the father and brother of human rights defender in exile Anna Kwok, executive director of Hong Kong Democracy Council. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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Hard to overstate the extent to which we have handicapped our ability to deal with adversarial
abuse because “ceNsOrsHiP!” screamers have cowed people into ceasing to study, and companies into ceasing to mitigate, the most transparently manipulative things. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
abuse because “ceNsOrsHiP!” screamers have cowed people into ceasing to study, and companies into ceasing to mitigate, the most transparently manipulative things. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Russia seeds chatbots with lies. Any bad actor could game AI the same way.
In their race to push out new versions with more capability, AI companies leave users vulnerable to “LLM grooming” efforts that promote bogus information.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Hard to overstate the extent to which we have handicapped our ability to deal with adversarial
abuse because “ceNsOrsHiP!” screamers have cowed people into ceasing to study, and companies into ceasing to mitigate, the most transparently manipulative things. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
abuse because “ceNsOrsHiP!” screamers have cowed people into ceasing to study, and companies into ceasing to mitigate, the most transparently manipulative things. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
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We "defend Christian values" by using ballistic missiles to kill children as they gather to attend Easter worship.
April 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We "defend Christian values" by using ballistic missiles to kill children as they gather to attend Easter worship.
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Australian Signals Directorate with an advisory on malware targeting Uyghur, Taiwanese and Tibetan groups and civil society actors.
www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/vie...
www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/vie...
April 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Australian Signals Directorate with an advisory on malware targeting Uyghur, Taiwanese and Tibetan groups and civil society actors.
www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/vie...
www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/vie...
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#HongKong: Drop national security charges for social media posts - @article19.bsky.social calls for immediate and unconditional release of Chow Kim-ho www.article19.org/resources/ho...
Hong Kong: Drop national security charges for social media posts - ARTICLE 19
Hong Kong authorities must release pro-democracy activist Chow Kim-ho and stop using national security laws to stifle online expression.
www.article19.org
April 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
#HongKong: Drop national security charges for social media posts - @article19.bsky.social calls for immediate and unconditional release of Chow Kim-ho www.article19.org/resources/ho...
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In the face of disinformation, defenders of democracy are often drawn into endless battles against falsehoods. This is precisely the trap laid by anti-democratic movements.
But we don’t have to play along.
Read our our latest statement 👇
www.disinfo.eu/we-fight-dis...
But we don’t have to play along.
Read our our latest statement 👇
www.disinfo.eu/we-fight-dis...
April 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
In the face of disinformation, defenders of democracy are often drawn into endless battles against falsehoods. This is precisely the trap laid by anti-democratic movements.
But we don’t have to play along.
Read our our latest statement 👇
www.disinfo.eu/we-fight-dis...
But we don’t have to play along.
Read our our latest statement 👇
www.disinfo.eu/we-fight-dis...
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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
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“History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.”
— Karl Marx
— Karl Marx
April 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.”
— Karl Marx
— Karl Marx
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The Trump administration is directing so many attacks on the First Amendment my team @americansunlight.org launched a weekly censorship tracker 🫠
americansunlight.substack.com/p/last-week-...
americansunlight.substack.com/p/last-week-...
Last Week in Censorship: March 31 to April 6, 2025
Senator calls for violence against journalists; Book purges in the military.
americansunlight.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The Trump administration is directing so many attacks on the First Amendment my team @americansunlight.org launched a weekly censorship tracker 🫠
americansunlight.substack.com/p/last-week-...
americansunlight.substack.com/p/last-week-...