{
  "id": 15846498,
  "title": "Taiwan security agency flags rise in Chinese disinformation ahead of local elections",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/taiwan-security-agency-flags-rise-in-chinese-disinformation-ahead-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T03:47:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/10/21/taiwan-security-agency-flags-rise-in-chinese-disinformation-ahead-of-local-elections"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Taiwan’s National Security Bureau said disputed or false online content surged 48% to more than 2.5 million items in the first nine months of 2026, up from 1.69 million a year earlier.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Chinese student deported from Taiwan after controversial 'pinching' video",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/chinese-student-deported-from-taiwan-after-controversial-pinching",
        "published": "2026-10-21T00:58:42.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}