Imagine sitting down after a long day, maybe in Taipei or Kaohsiung, and scrolling through social media. A video appears, professionally made, showing a local politician saying something shocking about energy policy or food safety. It looks real, it sounds real, and within minutes it has been shared thousands of times. But it was never true. It was manufactured, deliberately, and aimed at you. This is not paranoia. According to Taiwan’s National Security Bureau, in the first nine months of 2026, China spread more than 2.5 million pieces of disputed or false information targeting Taiwan. That is a staggering number,…

When a New Mexico judge ordered Meta Platforms to pay $25 billion, the number was so vast it almost stopped feeling like money. It was larger than the annual budgets of many small countries, bigger than the cost of entire infrastructure projects, and more than most of us will ever see in a lifetime. But for ordinary people, this case was never really about abstract figures. It was about the quiet moment when you post a photo, send a private message, or simply scroll through a feed, trusting that the platform holding your words, your face, and your habits is…