Radio Taiwan International 
Date: 02 November, 2018
By: Jake Chen

President Tsai Ing-wen said Friday that the government will not monitor the public’s use

of social media outlets such as Facebook.

Tsai said Taiwan is a democratic country with freedom of speech. She said the core objective of national security in Taiwan is to protect the rights of citizens.

The president is herself an active user of Facebook. She said she receives messages daily, whether of encouragement, criticism or contributions to public discourse. Tsai said she welcomed them all, whether they came from members of the public in Taiwan or people who have “jumped the wall.” This is a reference to people in Mainland China who have circumvented their government’s block on sites such as Facebook.

At the same time, the president said the government takes seriously the issue of malicious agents who seek to disrupt the country’s democratic institutions through spreading false information.    [FULL  STORY]