In ASPI’s latest report on Covid-19 disinformation, Albert Zhang, Emilia Currey and I investigated how the narrative of an American vaccine trial killing soldiers in Ukraine (which did not actually happen) was laundered from the …
Twitter suspended 16 accounts earlier this month for breaching the platform’s policies on ‘manipulation and spam’. The move followed an investigative report by The Daily Beast that uncovered a network of fake personas that had …
At times of political crisis, the Chinese government has demonstrated a willingness to deploy disinformation and influence operations to achieve its strategic goals. The regime has mobilised a long-running campaign of political warfare against Taiwan, …
The Covid-19 crisis is revealing many truths about our society, not least that lies and misinformation can be just as infectious as any disease. Since Australians went into lockdown in March, we have seen conspiracy …
In this episode, ASPI’s Huong Le Thu talks to Australia’s ambassador to Vietnam, Robyn Mudie, about Hanoi’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Next, senior analyst Jake Wallis and research intern Albert Zhang chat about Covid-related …