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Ben Young Landis
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A handy UNDP social graphic on misinformation:

"Before you share online, consider the 5 W's

WHO made it?
WHAT is the source of information?
WHERE did it come from?
WHY are you sharing this?
WHEN was it published?"

Via @undp.org: www.instagram.com/p/DPPbMSPk0H1/ 🧪
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October 2, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Taipei City Police Department - News Release and Public Information Materials for the 2025 Urban Resilience (Air-Defense) Exercise for Taipei City on July 17 as part of Taiwan's annual #HanKuang national defense drills: english.police.gov.taipei/News_Content... #Taiwan 🧋
Vertical screenshot of the English language page of the multilingual P D F from the linked page
July 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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See you all tonight for #PoetryNight hosted by #TheCenterTaipei! Look for the small black square sign for #春秋書店 in the alley to find the bookstore! Please purchase at least one drink as your cover. The stairs are very steep, so be careful walking up to 4F to join us: www.facebook.com/share/19RWPw...
Vertical photo of a classic Taipei street front with covered walkway and tile exteriors. Shop windows reveal a book store inside.
March 20, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Today's #PTSInternationalSymposium #2025公視國際研討會 concluded with a fact-checking MOU signing between the Taiwan Fact-Checking Alliance, Public Television Service (PTS 公視), and Chinese Television System (CTS 華視).

(End of thread 🧵 Now time for some gua bao by NTU before the MRT ride home!)
auditorium screen with text This is a critical moment an opportunity to rebuild trust in journalism restore society's confidence in information and reaffirm the public's recognition of public media. P T S commitment is simple we will ensure that everything our audience sees in our content is real verified and trustworthy. Photo of symposium auditorium with PTS, CTS, and Taiwan Fact Check Alliance representatives signing an MOU signboard.
March 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Conceptual model of Taiwan A.I. Labs approach to discover troll activity and news manipulation, from 杜奕瑾 Ethan Tu presentation at 2025 PTS International Symposium. #MediaLiteracy #PTSInternationalSymposium #假訊息 #假消息 #2025公視國際研討會 #公視 #Taiwan #Disinformation
Speaker at podium next to slide showing a workflow diagram showing sources filtering to Fed G P T understanding filtering to knowledge filtering to discover manipulation, from left to right.
March 19, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Now at 2025 www.pts.org.tw International Symposium is Aleksandra Bielakowska 白奧蘭 (@ketalaolan.bsky.social)
advocacy manager and president, Taiwan Chapter, of Reporters Without Borders (@rsf.org). First discussing #Svoboda Satellite Package delivering uncensored news to Russian, Ukrainian speakers.
Speaker at podium next to screen titled Reporters Without Borders R S F Tools for combating disinformation and restoring trust in media Speaker at podium next to slide with text A satellite to tackle disinformation. Launched on 5 March 2024 on Satelitte Hotbird 13 operated by Eutelsat. Broadcasting uncensored information in Russia and Ukraine's occupied territories. 25 independent radio and television channels
March 19, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Marion Bacher of @bpb.de here at 2025 PTS International Symposium in Taipei to discuss how radical right narratives and actors leverage and benefit from the current social media ecosystems, A.I., and digitally networked information environments. #disinformation #FakeNews #假訊息 #假消息 #Germany #Taiwan
Speaker at podium next to screen with text Time travels to the future shown by the glorification of the past. Social media platforms have given rise to a common aesthetic across borders. A.I. tools happen to be ideal for certain key features the radical right shares like nostalgia or certain racist cliches. Due to algorithmic bias or the training data these machines are fed with. Speaker at podium next to screen with title De-demoniztion strategy. They increasingly push narratives and pictures that are in their eyes pretty, harmonious, and humorous. Screenshot of social media post in German translated as Real women vote right. Social post graphic is an A.I. generated photo of a woman with flowing straight blonde hair and blue eyes and white skin and Caucasian features.
March 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Mildly surprised to see CO2 rise in this big NTU auditorium. Only panelists are speaking and far down on stage. (Giant spike to left is MRT Brown Line during morning commute, for comparison.) #IndoorAirQuality #IndoorVentilation
March 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Thinking like a journalist is not enough when producing content to debunk misinformation/disinformation, says Ho Hui An during panel at 2025 PTS International Symposium. Need different approach to audience engagement/connection. One TFC experiment is to add byline to analyses.

#Taiwan #假訊息 #假消息 #臺灣
Photo of panelists and moderator sitting on stage in front of screen slide listing their names and photo headshots.
March 19, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Ho Hui-An: "Political fact checking is really, really difficult, but too important to ignore." A wealth of findings from 2024 survey on what Taiwanese think about misinformation and fact-checking, including emotional and trust factors in Taiwan culture: en.tfc-taiwan.org.tw/truth-matter... #假訊息 #假消息
Ho Hui An in front of slide titled Findings: Perception of Fact Checking and text Respondents generally perceived fact-checks as clear and informative. However there were some concerns. 70 percent of respondents shared fact checks but some noted that misinformation recipients were unwilling to change their views. Ho Hui An in front of slide titled Findings: Emotional and Trust Factors and text Avoiding Confrontation many Taiwanese avoid confrontation when discussion misinformation. Fact Checks as starters fact checks could serve as a neutral conversation starters. Trust and Emotion trust is emotional, not just factual - readers seek relatable and engaging content. Entertainment in news Some respondents consume news from influencers, comedians, or even astrology, suggesting that comfort familiarity and entertainment value impact information consumption Ho Hui An in front of slide titled Incorporating Emotional Engagement. Key insights: Trust isn't just about facts it's about connection. Fact checks may hold information value, but do they connect emotionally with readers? People trust sources that feel relatable, familiar, and engaging. Strategies: Strengthen emotional engagement to ensure readers feel understood; storytelling human-centered content relatable examples -- without sacrificing accuracy Ho Hui An in front of slide titled Exploring Best Practices for Political Fact Checking. Challenges: How can we approach political fact checking more effectively? Strategies: Build trust through non-political topics first. Avoid binary True False labels arrow provide in-depth explanations and context. Use diverse formats long form videos, expert panels to contextualize complext political topics in a way that's easier to digest. Engage experts from varied political perspectives.
March 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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At 2025 PTS International Symposium today @yehaoqin.bsky.social mentions safeguarding minority languages as an angle for amplifying civil discourse, building information resilience, and countering disinformation. Examples of Hakka/Taiwan, Kashubian/Poland, Welsh/Cymru: ceias.eu/amplifying-t...
Photo of speaker at podium with slide in screen titled Language and Information Resilience and a map of Taiwan and a map of Europe side by side, with varied geographic blocks representing diversity of languages in each political boundary.
March 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Sitting in on the 2025 PTS International Symposium, titled 信任重建：事實查核的藝術與實踐
"Rebuilding Trust: The Art and Practice of Fact-Checking" today at National Taiwan University School of Law: www.pts.org.tw/2025pts_symp... #Taiwan #Japan #Germany #Czechia #MediaLiteracy #Disinformation #FightingFakeNews
Photo of a law school auditorium with long tables on rising rows, facing a speaker at podium. The slide reads Media, the target of dis misinformation, photos of Musk and Trump, and the N H K logo
March 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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So disappointing: www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6058743 #TaiwanIsNotChina 🧋
Screenshot of Michelle Yeoh's social post where she writes "Thank you Tiffany for inviting us to Taipei China"
March 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Hello #Taipei: Join me Thursday March 20 for my first emcee gig in town, volunteering with #TheCenterTaipei! Visit www.facebook.com/events/11271... to sign up to read a poem, or just RSVP to come by and meet new friends. Admission is free with a drink purchase—see you soon at #春秋書店 by #中山站 / #雙連站! 🧋
Vertical graphic with The Center logo and text "Poetry Night: Free entry one drink minimum. Thursday, March 20, 7 to 9 P M. Athena Books.
March 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Still chuckling at this very niche North Carolina hockey joke from this past week. #RANTanen #LetsGoCanes #CarolinaHockey
Screenshot of a Facebook post by the Rialto Theatre, with the theatre marquee spelling out "Mikko puts ketchup on B B Q". The post's caption reads "And his girlfriend doesn't even like barbecue. Have fun with that, Texas. Hashtag Let's Go Canes.
March 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Vertical photo of a scene of a traditional auto parts shop in a Taipei alleyway with engine parts and bolts stacked in chaotically organized heaps, appearing more akin to an installation art piece, rather than a store front.
January 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Vertical photo of a hand holding a Milksha takeout cup of pearl milk tea or boba tea. The cup art shows a winter cartoon scene with a snowman and smoky chimney with tagline Happy Holidays at bottom, completing the irony of trendy marketing in Taiwan as a subtropical country with neither deep snowy winters nor majority Christian/Germanic traditions.
December 24, 2024 at 9:38 AM
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I saw my first McRib ad of the season!!! cc @mcriblocator.com 🍔🚨
Screenshot of a Seattle market advertisement for McDonald's McRib, showing a tiny horse pulling a bow-wrapped McRib on a carriage, pulling a banner saying McRib, flying across a starry night sky with fireworks.
December 4, 2024 at 5:18 AM
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Photo of a coffee shop storefront where a blackboard in the window reads in chalk "Black Lives Still Matter". Reflection of an American flag hanging from a light pole is seen in the shop window.
November 6, 2024 at 4:18 PM
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Photo of a mural painted on a city utilities box showing a human figure in freefall. An American flag hangs overhead from a light post.
November 6, 2024 at 3:58 PM
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Great to see SMUD MOSAC host @ferrisjabr.bsky.social here in Sacramento tonight, even if was just for museum board members. We need more events like this showcasing great science communicators here in the Capital Region. (And maybe even a revived CapSciComm.org someday! #KeepScienceSpicy 🌶️)
Vertical photo of a planetarium dome displaying a graphic with a Virginia Woolf quote "In the garden at St. Ives ... I was looking at the flower bed by the front door ... it seemed suddenly plain that the flower itself was part of the earth; that a ring enclosed what was the flower; and thar was the real flower; part earth; part flower." The guest speaker Ferris Jabr standa at the bottom right.
October 10, 2024 at 4:50 AM
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lol how fast can you say "REPORT AND BLOCK" 😅🤖

(The A.I. banner is something else, too!)
Screenshot of a Bluesky account named Taiwan Digital Network yet the profile description is written in Simplified Chinese, and the banner photo appears to be an A.I. generated image of a Taipei skyline, complete with urban canals lining remixed Presidential Building and other surrealities.
September 24, 2024 at 12:39 AM
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Bluesky generated graphic with text Celebrating 10 million users party popper emoji. Bold featured text reads pound sign 263405 first 10%. Fine print reads Joined July 6, 2023
September 17, 2024 at 7:43 PM
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I know @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social exists but is there a "Law & Order Minus Context" account somewhere? 🐿️
16 9 aspect screenshot of a scene from the Law & Order episode Compassion where the character Serena Sutherland gestures while saying "Even if the squirrel's inadmissible"
September 17, 2024 at 6:47 AM
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Boss move signing Lin Yu-Ting as spokesperson for period-care products. Huge middle finger to all the haters and JK R*wlings out there 😂🥊🧋💚 #TeamTaiwan

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Screenshot of a website with Taiwan boxer and 2024 womens boxing Olympic gold medalist Lin Yu-Ting pitching a line of period-care products.
September 6, 2024 at 1:38 AM