Mitigating Disinformation in Southeast Asian Elections

This report offers a regional assessment of current practices in election-related social media manipulation and interventions with the aim of mitigating future risks in the global context. This report synthesizes original research separately conducted by NYSEAN member Jonathan Corpus Ong (Thailand) and Ross Tapsell (Indonesia) as well as collaborative research they conducted for an election integrity intervention in the Philippines.

This report summarizes trends of election- related disinformation production from these three Southeast Asian countries to offer insight and comparison for other countries. Their high level of digital activity, robust (sometimes underground) digital economies, and complex histories of political polarization possibly preview forthcoming global trends.

This report is published by NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence.

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