Taiwan most targeted for false information: study : vimarsan

Taiwan was last year the most targeted country by foreign governments spreading false information for the ninth consecutive year, a study released this month showed.
The nation was followed by Latvia and Palestine as a target for false information spread by foreign governments, the Sweden-based Varieties of Democracy Institute-affiliated Digital Society Project reported in its latest report.
The governments of Turkmenistan, North Korea and Myanmar were the world’s most significant spreaders of false information, while China and Russia were ranked sixth and 12th respectively, the study showed.
The volume of disinformation being circulated has multiplied with “fake news” increasingly becoming a tool of

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