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Selected media coverage, fact checks, and citations referencing ThinkFi research and the Indo-Pacific Resilience Program.
Fact Check: The Online Push to Promote China's J-10 Fighter Jet
Around a thousand X accounts pushed a narrative claiming China’s J-10 fighter jet beat France’s Rafale, with the operation also falsely claiming Indonesia had signed a US$9 billion deal for 42 J-10 jets…
Reporter/Editor — Ika Ningtyas
Ministry of Agriculture Operation Mobilizes Bureaucrats to Attack Tempo
Instructions from Indonesia’s Ministry of Agriculture surfaced in a WhatsApp group of extension workers, urging them to post positive comments defending Minister Amran Sulaiman against Tempo’s reporting…
Reporter/Editor — Ika Ningtyas
Military Content Surge on Social Media During Protests to Disband the House of Representatives
Military-themed content — some AI-generated — surged across social media during the August 2025 protests to dissolve Indonesia’s House of Representatives, casting the armed forces (TNI) as close to the people…
Reporter/Editor — Ahmad Suudi
Copypasta army: Vietnam smeared by bots backing Duterte on X
A coordinated network of 71 bot accounts bombarded X with nearly 1,000 posts framing Vietnam as the main threat in the South China Sea — many also spreading pro-Duterte narratives, a Philstar.com investigation shows…
Reporter/Editor — Cristina Chi
The Story of a Japanese Boy: Methods Used by China: Information Manipulation and Narrative Jamming
Analyzes the case of a ten-year-old Japanese boy in Shenzhen, China, and the “narrative jamming” strategy China used — flooding social media with unrelated narratives via paid influencers and bots to deflect attention…
Reporter/Editor — ThinkFi
OPINION | Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference in the Philippine General Election
The 2025 Philippine general election, set for May 12, will see nearly 70 million voters fill 18,280 positions — a high-stakes midterm vulnerable to foreign information manipulation and interference…
Reporter/Editor — Rohit Sharma & Nikhil Parashar (ThinkFi Editors)
Tech Firm Flags Foreign Interference in PH Elections
A China-linked FIMI campaign has targeted the Philippine elections to manipulate public opinion and rally support for former President Rodrigo Duterte, according to a report by ThinkFi, an India-based OSINT firm…
Reporter/Editor — Redempto Anda
Was a CCP Influence Operation Behind RedNote’s US Surge?
After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a TikTok ban in January 2025 and Trump granted a 75-day reprieve, millions of users surged to RedNote — but was a CCP influence operation behind the migration…
Reporter/Editor — Rohit Sharma, Nikhil Prashar & Kashish Kunden
Watch Our Neighbourhood: Collaborative Approaches to Address FIMI during the India Election
During India’s 2024 elections, Doublethink Lab and partners across India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Australia, and Japan ran the India Election Observation (IDEO) project to track Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference…
Reporter/Editor — Jerry Yu (Doublethink Lab)
Disinformation Dilemma: The Social Media Debate
In the wake of Australia’s proposed social-media ban for children, experts and entrepreneurs from Taiwan, India, and Australia debate disinformation and the balance between free expression and protecting young users…
Reporter/Editor — TaiwanPlus
Elections and Foreign Interference: Lessons from India’s Elections
In 2023, Meta exposed Chinese information operations posing as journalists and activists to target India, the U.S., and Tibet — networks that intensified ahead of the 2024 elections to polarize voters and spread fake news about defense deals…
Reporter/Editor — Usanas Foundation
AI and Racism: How Artificial Intelligence Promotes Racist Rants Against Indians
As AI becomes ever more enmeshed with human lives, the comforting belief that it is neutral and objective collapses — because AI adheres to human behaviour and thinking, biases included…
Reporter/Editor — Sriparna Pathak & Nikhil Parashar
Stand Point: China’s Influence Operations Against World’s Largest Democratic Polls in India
China has worked to influence voters in India and Taiwan by exploiting social fissures with mis- and disinformation. Dr Sriparna Pathak and ThinkFi’s Rohit Bharadwaj discuss the threat in this edition of Stand Point…
Reporter/Editor — Sriparna Pathak & Rohit Bharadwaj
Inauthentic Cyber Activity From Khalistani Extremist Accounts Precedes and Amplifies Attacks on Hindu Temples and Indian Government Buildings
Inauthentic cyber activity from Khalistani extremist accounts preceded and amplified attacks on Hindu temples and Indian government buildings, this NCRI report finds — set against decades of separatist unrest in Punjab…