Let’s be honest: Taiwan’s renewable energy journey has never been only about technology. It has always been wrapped up in stories, fears, and political battles, and those battles have become more intense in recent years. After Typhoon Danas struck Taiwan, tens of thousands of solar panels in the south were left shattered and scattered across fields and fishponds. The visual alone was alarming, but the real damage came afterward, when old, discredited rumours about solar panels leaking toxic chemicals and heavy metals crawled back to life. These falsehoods mutated and spread through social media and even mainstream outlets, making the…

If you’ve ever found yourself deep in a social media scroll, pausing on a video that promises a “miracle detox” or a supplement that will “boost your immune system overnight,” you’re not alone. And if it feels like these posts are everywhere, that’s because they are. Across Europe, a new stakeholder workshop has been digging into just how widespread this kind of content really is — and the findings are eye-opening. Organized by the European Food Information Council (EUFIC) and the Spanish fact-checking organization Fundación Maldita.es, the workshop drew on a major EU-funded project called Infoodmation. That project looked at…