This election, disinformation is swirling on Chinese social media. Here’s how it spreads

By Fan Yang, Research fellow at Melbourne Law School, the University of Melbourne and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society., The University of Melbourne
Luke Heemsbergen, Senior Lecturer, Digital, Political, Media, Deakin University
Robbie Fordyce, Senior Lecturer, Communications and Media Studies, Monash University

Since 2024, the RECapture research team has been monitoring political disinformation and advertising in Australia.

Our focus is on WeChat, the primary news and information platform for Chinese speakers in Australia, and RedNote…

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