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Intelligence output.
Selected investigations produced by our research team using the ThinkFi platform — peer-reviewed, evidence-backed, source-attributed.
TARGET: INDONESIA'S DEFENCE DEALS
China has long been associated with the use of disinformation campaigns across sectors, be it political or economic. There is increasing concern that such information operations may also be leveraged in order to promote the sale of Chinese military equipment and technology, with such activities emerging in recent years.
CPCW: China-Pakistan Cognitive Warfare
Jammu and Kashmir has experienced terrorism for decades, but there has been a noticeable rise in both the intensity and scale of attacks in recent years. Violence here, instead of isolation, has largely followed a pattern of deliberately targeting civilians, be it a strike on villages, markets, pilgrims, migrant workers, religious minorities, or even tourists.
Chinese Influence Operations Against Tibetans
Tibetans have been fighting a war for freedom against a much bigger country for almost 7 decades now. International support has dried up but the fight still continues. The attacks on Tibetans and the Dalai Lama have taken multiple forms from on-ground threats, destruction of historical monuments to undermining Tibetan tradition and culture, and then unleashing an Information war.
FIMI in the Philippines Election 2025 — The Chinese Interference (Part 1)
What if the most dangerous threat to democracy isn’t a dictator, but disinterest? Across the world, elections are celebrated as victories of the people, but in reality, they’re often battlegrounds where silence can be louder than protest.
TikTok Ban and Rednote Drive
The regime of ‘truth’ pervading the society is a power derivative. Knowledge is power; used to manipulate, influence, and create narratives (Michel Foucault, 1980). In the postmodern age, today’s overwhelming content is laced with propaganda; nothing is outside the text (Derrida, 1967)……
The Story of a Japanese Boy
Tools of Chinese Ghouls — Information Manipulation and Narrative Jamming. Japan and China carry an immense historical burden; new deals, talks and diplomatic channels often face the horrors of their past, blocking amelioration.
Foreign Information Manipulation & Interference in Indian Election 2024
Chinese Disinformation Campaign in Indian Elections: China strategically interfered in the 2024 Indian Lok Sabha elections through disinformation campaigns on the social media platform "X" (formerly Twitter), targeting three key topics: the India-China border clash, India's heatwaves, and the sale of BrahMos missiles to the Philippines. These campaigns aimed to influence public perception and undermine India's geopolitical position.
Chinese Racism Against India & the Complicity of Google & AI Chatbot
On August 16, on X (formerly Twitter), a post by a bot in Chinese was found spreading fake information about how India and the US were arguing with each other at the Olympics, over a wrestler being 100 gm overweight. While the information in itself is wrong and can be assumed to have malicious motives, the more concerning part is that the term "san ge", a version of "san" was used, and Google automatically translated it into "Indians".
Chinese Influence Operation Against Philippines — A Report
Coinciding with the harassment of Philippine vessels in the South China Sea, Beijing also started an elaborate influence operation in mid-May against the Philippines, targeting the Philippine audience……
IPL and a Curious Case of Election Interference by a Foreign Entity
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the IPL 2024, defeating SRH by 8 wickets. As tweets poured in after the finals, we came across IPL 2024 tweets with Japanese hashtags — a surprising find, since cricket isn’t popular in Japan yet. Our curiosity led us to a bot army……
China Disinformation Campaigns on India–Taiwan Labour MoU
In early November, the Taiwanese social space was taken by storm with racist stereotypes aimed at Indian labourers. The trigger: Taiwan’s Ministry of Labour announcing its intent to sign a labour mobility pact with India to acquire Indian labourers for the Taiwanese market……
World Coin — Privacy Threats and India’s Concern
World Coin — another venture of ChatGPT founder Sam Altman, alongside Max Novendstern and Alex Blania — is a digital identification platform that aims to give every person on earth a convenient way to verify they are a real human, and not a bot or AI algorithm……
Fighting Propaganda With Technology — Part 1
Terms like inauthentic cyber activity, bot networks, and disinformation are frequently heard on social media — yet rarely discussed in depth. This article explains them and helps you recognize these phenomena with the technology available to you, walking through a recent case we worked on with the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI)……