COGNITIVE THREAT: A coherent counter-narrative and media literacy are the answer to neutralizing the threat of foreign information manipulation, an official saidBy Fang Wei-li and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer請繼續往下閱讀...Diplomats from the US, UK and EU yesterday underscored the need to counter electoral interference and cognitive warfare operations ahead of Taiwan’s year-end local elections.They made the remarks at this year’s Resilient Taiwan for Sustainable Democracy International Forum hosted by the Presidential Office, saying that electoral interference from authoritarian regimes has become a pervasive threat to democratic countries.British Office Taipei Representative Ruth Bradley-Jones said election interference in Taiwan is the matter that concerns her the most.Every democratic country is being targeted by electoral interference, a threat that has become ever more severe with the prevalence of the Internet and advances in artificial intelligence, she said.Taiwan is “nearest to the fire” of electoral interference, and is bearing the brunt of the damage when it can least afford it, she said, adding that Taiwan must urgently shore up its defenses against meddling.Head of the European Economic and Trade Office Lutz Gullner said foreign information manipulation and interference, disinformation and cognitive warfare are among the most complex threats confronting the modern state.For democracies that treasure the freedom of speech, these dilemmas pose a common challenge that defies easy answers, Gullner said.Dealing with cognitive warfare requires an understanding that disinformation is not about exchanging information or communication, but an instrument in the hybrid warfare toolbox to control, influence or destabilize a targeted society, he said.A coherent counter-narrative, media literacy and the awareness of the happenings in a country’s informational environment together form the answer to neutralizing foreign information manipulation and influence, he said.Taiwan’s civil society has demonstrated a remarkable facility in the last of these capabilities, and the government would do well to integrate it within an official strategic framework to counter foreign meddling, Gullner said.American Institute in Taiwan Director Raymond Greene said that democratic governments must use social media platforms and civil society to fight disinformation effectively.Cooperation with social media platforms is essential, as they possess the tools capable of targeting fake news within the massive amounts of data social media platforms distribute, he said.Democracies must counter malicious disinformation without trampling on speech and press freedoms, making it crucial for civil society to be in the spotlight of the fight against hostile cognitive warfare, Greene said.Neutral groups not aligned with a political faction or ideology can have more credibility among members of the public who do not support the ruling party to reject Internet-based political meddling, he said.新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES
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