Chinese online manipulation soars: NSBBROAD CAMPAIGN: Beijing has adopted a government-civilian partnership model to disseminate disinformation in Taiwan through bots, AI and more, an NSB report showedBy Huang Ching-hsuan and Fion Khan / Staff reporter, with staff writerTaiwan’s national intelligence community recorded 45,590 fake online accounts last year, up from 28,216 in 2024, the National Security Bureau (NSB) said in a report released yesterday. More than 3,200 pieces of disinformation were reported to government agencies, allowing them to address cognitive warfare attempts in real time, the bureau said. China has expanded the targets of its cognitive warfare to include countries in the global democratic camp, the bureau said. Taiwan is situated at the forefront of international efforts to counter China’s cognitive warfare, it said. To expand a network in the democratic community to counter China’s cognitive warfare, the NSB last year engaged in more than 80 security dialogues and intelligence conferences with international friends and allies, it said.
