Key facts
- Taiwan has launched a website to collect intelligence from Chinese citizens.
- The platform invites individuals to report on Beijing's activities.
- The initiative is modeled after intelligence practices in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Israel.
- Taiwan's National Security Bureau stated the platform aims to highlight the atmosphere of fear under China's regime.
Taiwan has launched a new website designed to encourage Chinese citizens to leak intelligence about Beijing's activities. The platform, introduced by Taiwan's National Security Bureau (NSB), invites those who "share the same values of democracy" to collaborate on reporting on China.
The NSB stated that an "increasing number" of individuals have approached Taiwanese agencies wishing to provide various types of information. The bureau introduced the platform with an AI-generated video depicting a Chinese civil servant witnessing colleagues being investigated, which it described as reflecting "a pervasive atmosphere that everyone is on edge under China's totalitarian regime."
According to the NSB, the reporting channel is based on practices adopted by intelligence agencies in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Israel. The bureau also stated it would rigorously filter, evaluate, and follow up on submissions using technology.