Puma Shen (National Taipei University, Taiwan), Mei-Chun Lee (Research Institute for the Humanities and Social Science, National Taiwan University & Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan), Melissa Newcomb (Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China Illiberal Influence programs at the National Democratic Institute)

Taiwan is a leader in considering how technology can promote democratic principles, a question that democracies around the world are currently grappling with. The pandemic has only intensified the digitization of Taiwan's democracy. How is Taiwan experimenting with innovative digital oversight mechanisms? What does its civic tech communities and digital ecosystem look like? And importantly, what does Taiwan's performance tell us about possible pathways to a digitized democratic future for others?