DOUBLETHINK LAB
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Doublethink Lab was founded in 2019 to strengthen democracy
through enhancing digital defenses.
ABOUT
DOUBLETHINK
LAB
Our work focuses on researching malign Chinese influence operations and disinformation campaigns and their impacts via the digital tools and methodologies we have developed.
We seek to bridge the gap between the democracy movement, tech communities and China experts, and to facilitate a global CSO network to strengthen democratic resilience against digital authoritarianism.
Strengthen Democracy
Through
Digital Defence
Through
Digital Defence
TEAMS & PROJECTS
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DIGITAL INTELLIGENCE
Utilize computational tools to track and analyze influence operations conducted by non-democratic regimes. Using the different methodologies we have developed, we are able to map out the various pathways of these operations, and their adversaries and victims, as well as identify the tactics used by different actors to spread state-led propaganda. supporting researchers and investigators in other parts of the globe and have provided access and training for our digital tools to empower regional stakeholders to conduct similar investigations.
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GLOBAL RESEARCH
Collaborates with stakeholders across the globe to develop projects to analyze China’s influence in various parts of the world. Our flagship project, the China Index, measures China’s influence in over 30 countries in different sectors, such as in local politics, foreign policy, the economy, society, media, academia, etc. We facilitate China In The World (CITW) Network that brings together global researchers, activists, and non-governmental stakeholders in the annual Summit.
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SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
Collaborates with global researchers to conduct social research to identify factors that influence the susceptibility of individuals to disinformation and propaganda, and accordingly, develop interventions to strengthen society’s capacity to resist disinformation. Analyzing propaganda structures to identify their mechanisms of influence, in order to develop effective countermeasures to strengthen society’s defenses against state-led propaganda. Organizing capacity-building training to equip regional stakeholders with the capabilities to conduct similar research in their local settings.
The China Index is Doublethink Lab’s flagship project to measure China’s influence globally, in order to provide a comparative perspective of China’s influence across countries. The China Index ranks countries and territories according to their level of influence, and allows users to compare the scores across countries and domains, to gauge the seriousness of the influence.
china-index.io/ Doublethink Lab collaborated with Innovation for Change - East Asia hub to develop a one-stop disinformation website.
The website includes the tools and research that can help the audience check the information they read and provides them with strategies to counter propaganda and conspiracy theories.
In the face of the information operations conducted around the Tiananmen Square massacre, Doublethink Lab has launched a website to provide the public with tools to identify Tiananmen propaganda and disinformation, and to equip social media users with strategies to counter this propaganda.
tiananmen-trolls.doublethinklab.org/en/The China Index is Doublethink Lab’s flagship project to measure China’s influence globally, in order to provide a comparative perspective of China’s influence across countries. The China Index ranks countries and territories according to their level of influence, and allows users to compare the scores across countries and domains, to gauge the seriousness of the influence.
china-index.io/
Doublethink Lab collaborated with Innovation for Change - East Asia hub to develop a one-stop disinformation website.
The website includes the tools and research that can help the audience check the information they read and provides them with strategies to counter propaganda and conspiracy theories.
In the face of the information operations conducted around the Tiananmen Square massacre, Doublethink Lab has launched a website to provide the public with tools to identify Tiananmen propaganda and disinformation, and to equip social media users with strategies to counter this propaganda.
tiananmen-trolls.doublethinklab.org/en/RESEARCH
May 21, 2021
Full Report Launch: Deafening Whispers
China’s Information Operation and Taiwan’s 2020 Electio
This is the full launch of our report, “Deafening Whispers”. Initial findings were published in an abridged version in late 2020. The final report lays out the framework to analyze China’s information operations.
May 21, 2021
Full Report Launch: Deafening Whispers
China’s Information Operation and Taiwan’s 2020 Electio
This is the full launch of our report, “Deafening Whispers”. Initial findings were published in an abridged version in late 2020. The final report lays out the framework to analyze China’s information operations.
Mar 31, 2022
Analysis: How Ukraine has been Nazified in the Chinese information space?
The analysis highlights the tug-of-war for influence across the Chinese diaspora and the ability of Chinese state media to shape public opinion even as the CCP government refrains from taking an official line.
Mar 03, 2022
Observatory Update: Mandarin-language Information Operations Regarding Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine (Continuously Updated)
Chinese information operations over Russia invading Ukraine
Sep 23, 2021
A One-Stop Disinformation Resource Website — Escape the Mist: Disinfo Walkthrough
Have you wanted a one-stop disinformation website which contains the tools and research to help you fact-check the information you read, or provide you with strategies to counter propaganda and conspiracy theories?
May 06, 2021
An analysis on the impact of false information on Taiwanese voters
Exit poll results from Taiwan’s 2020 presidential and legislative elections
May 01, 2021
Tracing control and influence at Guancha news
Guancha Syndicate (观察者网) is one of China’s most popular and influential online media portals, having launched in 2012 to provide an alternative, notionally decentralized, source of news for Chinese internet users.
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Mar 31, 2022Analysis: How Ukraine has been Nazified in the Chinese information space?
The analysis highlights the tug-of-war for influence across the Chinese diaspora and the ability of Chinese state media to shape public opinion even as the CCP government refrains from taking an official line.
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Mar 03, 2022Observatory Update: Mandarin-language Information Operations Regarding Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine (Continuously Updated)
Chinese information operations over Russia invading Ukraine
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Sep 23, 2021A One-Stop Disinformation Resource Website — Escape the Mist: Disinfo Walkthrough
Have you wanted a one-stop disinformation website which contains the tools and research to help you fact-check the information you read, or provide you with strategies to counter propaganda and conspiracy theories?
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May 06, 2021An analysis on the impact of false information on Taiwanese voters
Exit poll results from Taiwan’s 2020 presidential and legislative elections
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May 01, 2021Tracing control and influence at Guancha news
Guancha Syndicate (观察者网) is one of China’s most popular and influential online media portals, having launched in 2012 to provide an alternative, notionally decentralized, source of news for Chinese internet users.
MEDIA COVERAGE
Chairperson
Lennon Chang
Dr. Lennon Chang, Chairperson of Doublethink Lab and Associate Professor at Deakin University, specializes in cyber risk and policy. His research focuses on cybercrime, cyber terrorism, and cyber warfare. He founded the Australasian Taiwan Studies Association and co-founded the Australia-Taiwan Club. Recognized for his research, he advises governments and the media. In 2023, he was honored as one of Taiwan’s Ten Outstanding Overseas Young Persons, underscoring his significant contributions to cyberspace governance.
Co-founder and CEO
Wu, Min Hsuan
Wu, Min Hsuan, also known as Ttcat, is the co-founder and CEO of Doublethink Lab. He is focused on mapping China’s online information operation mechanisms and facilitating the global CSO network to combat digital authoritarianism. For over a decade and a half, he has committed to LGBTIQA+, environmental, open government, and digital rights movement as an activist and campaigner.
Chairperson
Lennon Chang
Dr. Lennon Chang, Chairperson of Doublethink Lab and Associate Professor at Deakin University, specializes in cyber risk and policy. His research focuses on cybercrime, cyber terrorism, and cyber warfare. He founded the Australasian Taiwan Studies Association and co-founded the Australia-Taiwan Club. Recognized for his research, he advises governments and the media. In 2023, he was honored as one of Taiwan’s Ten Outstanding Overseas Young Persons, underscoring his significant contributions to cyberspace governance.
Co-founder and CEO
Wu, Min Hsuan
Wu, Min Hsuan, also known as Ttcat, is the co-founder and CEO of Doublethink Lab. He is focused on mapping China’s online information operation mechanisms and facilitating the global CSO network to combat digital authoritarianism. For over a decade and a half, he has committed to LGBTIQA+, environmental, open government, and digital rights movement as an activist and campaigner.
