Cybercrime or National security? Challenges facing Taiwan in the digital era
Key information
- Date
- Time
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1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
- Venue
- Birkbeck, University of London, 30 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DT
- Room
- BBK 30 RUS 102
About this event
Taiwan has become a digital democracy and ranks high in the World Digital Competitiveness Ranking. While technology is facilitating everyday life in Taiwan, it is also being used by unethical persons in ways which can damage society and democracy. During Pelosi’s visit, we saw cybercrime being used to cause chaos in Taiwan in tandem with increased military tension.
Disinformation campaigns have also been used in attempts to interfere with Taiwan’s elections, as well as in attempts to weaken Taiwanese trust in government. This presentation will discuss how technologies are being used as a medium to cause damage to Taiwan’sdemocracy. Examples including cybercrime, cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns will be discussed. It will also touch on the advantages and disadvantages of the measures that the Taiwanese Government has adopted to counter malicious behaviour that seeks to damage Taiwan’s democracy.
Speaker's biography
Dr Lennon Yao-Chung Chang
Dr Lennon Yao-Chung Chang is currently a Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University. He is President of Australasian Taiwan Studies Association which he founded in 2020. Dr Chang’s research interests focus on the intersection of law and technology, cybercrime and cyber security, co-production of cyber security, disinformation campaign and foreign interference, especially in the Indo-Pacific region.
He is one of the very few academics and legal researchers to research the intersection of technology and law and cybercrime in the early 2000s. He is the author of Cybercrime in the Greater China Region: Regulatory Responses and Crime Prevention (Edward Elgar, 2012) and his publications are in quality journals. He has been invited by the governments of Canada, Taiwan, Korea, and Hong Kong to discuss his research findings with senior national security, foreign policy and policing staff. He is often invited often invited by TV and news media, including New York Times, Reuters, ABC and BBC, to comment on cybercrime and cyber-attack events.
Where is 'BBK 30 RUS 102'?
BBK 30 RUS 102 entrance is through number 30 Russell Square
From the SOAS Main Building to "BBK 30 RUS 102"
