Taiwan FactCheck Center and NGOs Eliminate False Information for Indonesian Community in Taiwan

[Taiwan Immigrants’ Global News Network] To assist Indonesian friends in Taiwan with issues brought on by language barriers, and solve problems from misleading information, the Taiwan FactCheck Center and the Indonesian FactCheck Organization "MAFINDO," in collaboration with the TransAsia Sisters Association, Taiwan  launched a series of media literacy and fact-checking promotional activities this year.

There are roughly 250,000 Indonesians living in Taiwan, however due to the language barrier, they are more likely to face misleading information because they have a harder time getting information. The Association for Quality Journalism and Taiwan Media Watch Foundation have partnered to create the Taiwan FactCheck Center and  certified by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) certified in 2018. The acronym "MAFINDO" stands for " Masyarakat Anti Fitnah Indonesia " in Indonesian, which is also the name of the fact-checking organization. It was formally created in November 2016 as a non-profit organization dedicated to fact-checking, combatting disinformation, and advancing media literacy.

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Taiwan FactCheck Center Logo.Photo reproduced from Taiwan FactCheck Center Website

MAFINDO Logo.Photo reproduced from MAFINDO website

According to the founder (夏曉鵑) of the TransAsia Sisters Association, Taiwan and professor at the Graduate Institute of Social Work, NCCU , Indonesians in Taiwan can be broadly categorized as new immigrants, migrant workers, and students. Various ethnic groups experience various issues, Septiaji Eko Nugroho, the founder and chairman of "MAFINDO," stated that, with the exception of the Indonesian community in Taiwan, this is the first time the organization has promoted media literacy and fact-checking to Indonesians living abroad. People are easily misled, and the families of these new immigrants and migrant workers are frequently duped by dishonest individuals into believing they must pay to ensure the safety of their relatives in Taiwan.

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Logo of the Podcast移？老娘開新房節目.Photo reproduced from TransAsia Sisters Association, Taiwan Website