False News Items (In order of prevalence) Whether voters could discern the news on Election Day (Discernment Level of Fake News) Sources
1. President Tsai’s Rainstorm incident Recognition of the news before election day: 83%
Could discern the correct news on election day: 43%
Could not discern the correct news on election day: 57%
China Times/Content Farms (IP located in Taiwan)
2. Kansai International Airport “evacuation” incident during Typhoon Jebi in October 2018 Recognition of the news before election day: 78%
Could discern the correct news on election day: 46%
Could not discern the correct news on election day: 54%
Guancha Syndicate
3. The “Weeping Northern Floating Youth” incident Recognition of the news before election day: 67%
Could discern the correct news on election day: 48%
Could not discern the correct news on election day: 51%
KMT candidate Han Gao Yu’s Campaign Teams
4. Webcasting host acted as farmer incident Recognition of the news before election day: 52%
Could discern the correct news on election day: 47%
Could not discern the correct news on election day: 53%
Internet Celebrity/CiTV
5. Li Ronggui’s fake account incident Recognition of the news before election day: 35%
Could discern the correct news on election day: 33%
Could not discern the correct news on election day: 67%
Overseas Fake FB account
6. Taiping Island incident Recognition of the news before election day: 30%
Could discern the correct news on election day: 30%
Could not discern the correct news on election day: 70%
Content Farms (IP located in China)