With 24 days left until the end of the year for the nine-in-one election, public opinion has intensified. President Lai Ching-te, who is also the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party, specifically reminded today (4th) that various false information, malicious smears and nuisance behaviors may gradually increase. Recently, a large number of suspicious accounts registered with overseas account numbers but indicating their location as Taiwan have appeared in online communities. The official website of a candidate team has also been maliciously attacked by saturation attacks, trying to use a large amount of abnormal traffic to paralyze the website. Similar situations have occurred in Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu and other counties and cities.
Lai Qingde will often talk about it this afternoon in the Democratic Progressive Party. He has repeatedly reminded everyone that as the election enters the final stage, all kinds of false information, malicious slanders and nuisance behaviors may gradually increase, and the operating methods and forms may also become more complex.
Lai Qingde said that everyone should have noticed that recently, a large number of suspicious accounts have appeared in online communities registered with overseas accounts but indicating their location as Taiwan. Moreover, the joining time of these accounts is quite concentrated, and they also show a fixed operating pattern. These accounts appear in large numbers on various social platforms or under news posts on specific topics. Through intensive messages and deliberate page washing, they attempt to drive public opinion and further influence public perception and judgment.
Lai Qingde continued that a candidate team discovered that the official website was subject to a malicious saturation attack, trying to use a large amount of abnormal traffic to paralyze the website and interfere with normal operations. In Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu and other counties and cities, similar websites have been attacked. This is no longer an ordinary election attack and defense, but also involves network security and whether democratic elections can be conducted in a fair and normal environment.
In addition, Lai Qingde mentioned that in addition to election-related issues, there have also been recent cases of public policy issues such as universal cash, exemption of health insurance for those over 65, and drug-driving laws being deliberately circulated in closed social groups through misleading information. These false information will be spread through the Internet at this time, which may allow people to make judgments based on incomplete or wrong information, causing social distrust and opposition, thereby forming negative emotions and affecting voters' voting judgments.
Lai Ching-te said that he would like to remind all party office and candidate teams to remain calm and alert when faced with false information and malicious harassment. He also called on supporters to make good use of the "Rumor Refutation Zone" on the official website and official LINE to proactively verify information and share correct information with relatives and friends around them to avoid the continued spread of false information.
"Democratic elections cannot be subject to improper interference!" Lai Ching-te emphasized that elections should allow the people to make choices based on the political opinions, abilities and performance of the candidates, rather than being influenced by false information or malicious manipulation to influence the choices of the Taiwanese people.
