When Shadows Speak: Taiwan’s Battle Against AI-Powered Disinformation On a tense morning in Taipei, a gathering of scholars, political strategists, and concerned citizens took their seats inside the Democratic Progressive Party headquarters, acutely aware that the clock was ticking toward election day. The air was thick with questions that had no easy answers: How do you defend a democracy against an adversary that no longer needs to shout to be heard? How do you fight back against weapons that are invisible, automated, and endlessly adaptable? This was the heart of the conversation at the DPP’s forum on foreign electoral interference,…

In a world where our phones buzz with headlines before we have even poured our morning coffee, and where a false claim can travel around the globe before the truth has laced up its shoes, elections are no longer won and lost only on the ground. They are also decided in the scroll, in the share, in the quick retweet that feels righteous in the moment but may be built on sand. This is the reality South Africa faces as it prepares for its local government elections on November 4. The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has understood that protecting democracy…