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Ross Tapsell Read our most-viewed this week: cigionline.org/articles/its-t…

'It was a fake campaign without fake news. AI was used to sanitize discourse rather than muddy it.'

Ross Tapsell on the dangers of 'cuddly' disinformation 🇮🇩

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Pertama kali pekerjaan pengecek fakta/disinformasi nyaris nganggur dlm satu kampanye politik terbesar indonesia. Problemnya, pisau ukurnya telah gagal menangkap (paradoxically!) truth. Ross Tapsell menjelaskan inilah era kampanye palsu tanpa berita palsu!

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Indonesia's election was a fake campaign without fake news.

'AI was used to sanitize discourse rather than muddy it,' writes @rosstapsell. 'There was no mass-scale foreign disinformation campaign in the way we have previously understood it.'

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President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s interview with ABC Australia’s Sarah Ferguson - where she asks him about authoritarian ‘impulses’, his family’s corruption, & sovereignty and China - can be watched on Youtube here. youtu.be/nK38S3jo5XQ?si…

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will be speaking at ANU this Thursday. Details here

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Finally, an Indonesian election 'at a crossroads' headline...

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Today was my official last day at UNSW Canberra. I learned so much from my colleagues and students in the past 12 mths there, but I'm super excited to be starting a continuing position (!!!) as lecturer in Indonesia studies ANU CHL next month, with Dr Jarrah Sastrawan as my wingman.

I’m delighted to share that from today, I’ve joined ANU CHL in Canberra as Lecturer of Indonesian Studies, together with my wonderful colleague Elly Kent. I’m very excited to get to work teaching Indonesian, researching early SE Asian history and meeting scholars at the ANU!

NEW: Indonesia's Islamic hardliners are adapting to the administration-friendly electoral climate—as well as state restraints on their activities—in mobilising for Anies Baswedan, reports Nava Nuraniyah from the campaign trail in Java newmandala.org/indonesian-isl…

Thank you CNN Philippines for supporting many academic collaborations, including Reality Check 2019 and a Golden Dove-winning feature on Fake News ✨ In special solidarity with the below-the-line workers who record and photograph our-often heartbreaking realities for daily news🙏

‘Disinformation isn’t new to Ecuador…we have to sift through our fair share of false information online. But this was different, as the flood made it hard to tell the difference between legitimate reporting and pure rumor in a moment of crisis.’ nytimes.com/2024/01/25/opi…

Interesting report. Debates are a good time to see how social media campaigning works koran.tempo.co/amp/berita-uta…

With the first round of the Indonesian election this week Ross Tapsell discusses how the political campaigns are harnessing social media to reach voters.

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Disinformation Top Risk As Elections Loom: Davos study politiko.com.ph/2024/01/10/dis…

In the ‘jogetin aja’ political campaign, all criticisms are swept under the dance floor, by Ayu Utami magz.tempo.co/read/marginali…

I start to find Indonesia’s upcoming presidential elections boring, as the scope for real opposition is narrowing and real debate is lacking. I wrote down my concerns in East Asia Forum:

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Congratulations H.E Sri Mulyani Indrawati, doctor honoris causa, in recognition of exceptional contribution to economic development and reform at the highest levels, both within Indonesia and internationally.