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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Technology
Jordyn Haime

Taiwan’s amateur fact-checkers wage war on fake news from China

Billion Lee co-founded fact-checking initiative Cofacts in 2016 [Courtesy of Jordyn Haime]

Taipei, Taiwan – As China flexed its muscles with large-scale military exercises off Taiwan last month, Billion Lee was busy countering an onslaught taking place against her home online.

False stories claiming that the United States was preparing for war with China, that China was evacuating its citizens from Taiwan, or that Taiwan had paid millions lobbying for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to the island spread across popular social media platforms Facebook and LINE.

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