China pressures Taiwan presidential election, false information on the net, etc. US concerned November 23:12
Regarding the Taiwan presidential election to be held in January next year, the head of the representative agency of the US government in Taiwan is concerned that China is trying to put pressure on the Taiwan election, such as sending false information on the Internet. Showed.
Representative Christensen of the American government representative organization “American Resident Association” in Taiwan held a press conference in Taipei on the 22nd, “China is trying to put pressure on various means in connection with the election. People and organizations are developing activities to disseminate false information and trying to make citizens lose their trust in democracy. "
In Taiwan, it is a social problem that the presidential election candidates and policy hoaxes are overflowing on the Internet, and the United States and Taiwan authorities host a joint workshop such as joint seminars on fake news countermeasures Showing movement to do.
Incumbent President Hidehide, who is aiming for re-election, insists that China is intervening in this presidential election, and the trade friction between the United States and China is prolonged, and the relationship between the Trump administration and the Sakai administration is tightening It is a form that struck China in line with the presidential election.