28 November, 14:30 – 15:30 CET
Foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) is a shared challenge for democracies across the globe. Faced with China’s well-resourced FIMI campaigns against Taiwan’s 13 January 2024 election, the island’s resilience has been closely studied. To equip others to readily learn from Taiwan’s experience, Taiwanese civil society organisation Doublethink Lab worked with Ben Graham Jones to document the key characteristics of Taiwan’s FIMI resilience. The ultimate aim is to reach beyond the information integrity community and provide strategic fuel for decision-makers to envision goals for whole-society resilience. This session discusses the findings and considers the long-term direction of global FIMI resilience.
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Speaker:
Ben Graham Jones, Elections Consultant – Doublethink Lab
Ben Graham Jones is a specialist in emerging threats to election integrity. He serves as a consultant to organisations in the elections field including Doublethink Lab and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy. Ben has conducted more than 1000 interviews during elections, served on tens of observation and assessment missions, and advised several heads of Government. Ben holds degrees from the University of Cambridge and King’s College London’s Department of War Studies, and is a Churchill Fellow and a Fellow of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs.
Moderator:
Maria Giovanna Sessa, EU DisinfoLab
Maria Giovanna Sessa is the Research Manager at EU DisinfoLab. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and has previously worked for research foundations, think tanks, and as a university teaching assistant. Her research interests focus on the use of disinformation in political communication, gender-based attacks, and international crises, including FIMI. Lately, she has been working around DSA enforcement, linking research and policy implementation.
The opinions expressed are those of the speakers/authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of EU DisinfoLab. This webinar does not represent an endorsement by EU DisinfoLab of any organisation.
