RSIS WEBINAR SERIES ON "DRUMS: DISTORTIONS, RUMOURS, UNTRUTHS MISINFORMATION & SMEARS" Event Report 1st, 2nd and 4th December 2020 Nanyang Technological University Block S4, Level B3, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 Tel: +65 6790 6982 | Fax: +65 6794 0617 | www.rsis.edu.sg RSIS WEBINAR SERIES ON “DRUMS: DISTORTIONS, RUMOURS, UNTRUTHS, MISINFORMATION & SMEARS” Event Report 1st, 2nd and 4th December 2020 1 Report on the Workshop organised by: Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore Supported by: National Security Coordination Secretariat (NSCS), Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Singapore Rapporteurs: Jennifer Yang Hui, Dymples Leong Suying and Eugene EG Tan Editor: Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rahman 2 The panel sessions of the workshop are captured in the conference report with speakers identified. Q&A discussions are incorporated without attribution. Terms of use: This publication may be reproduced electronically or in print, and used in discussions on radio, television, and fora, with prior written permission obtained from RSIS and due credit given to the author(s) and RSIS. Please email to
[email protected] for further editorial enquiries. 3 Table of Contents Executive Summary .................................................. 6 Webinar One: Elections, Misinformation and Disinformation .......................................................... 11 Managing Comprehensive Elections Risk ..... 11 Pro-Chinese Communist