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    Ms Dymples Leong

    Associate Research Fellow
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    BBus (University of Newcastle)
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    Deep Fake: Algorithms and Society
    Chapters in Edited Books

    Ms Dymples Leong

    Associate Research Fellow
    Education
    BBus (University of Newcastle)
    : [email protected]
    : +65 6790 6650
    : CENS

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    Biography

    Dymples Leong is an Associate Research Fellow with the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research focuses on social media, strategic communications, behavioural insights and policymaking. Her commentaries have been published in various media outlets including Channel NewsAsia, The Straits Times, TODAY, The Diplomat, and East Asia Forum. She holds a Bachelor of Business majoring in Marketing and Management from the University of Newcastle Australia.

     

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    Areas of Expertise

    • Behavioural insights and policy
    • Influence of social media and technology
    • Strategic Communications

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    RSIS Publications

      Policy Reports

      • Countermeasures Against Foreign Interference

        17 April, 2020

      • Cases of Foreign Interference in Asia

        26 March, 2020

      • Securing Elections and Beyond - Lessons from Canada's 2019 Federal Election

        25 March, 2020

      • Countering Fake News: A Survey of Recent Global Initiatives

        07 March, 2018

      Commentaries

      • Artificial Intelligence: Sustaining Singapore’s AI Ambitions

        24 November, 2020

      • Global Health Security: COVID-19 and Its Impacts - ‘Infodemic’: More Than a Public Health Crisis

        17 June, 2020

      • Global Health Security - COVID-19: What Changes – and What Doesn’t

        17 April, 2020

      • CO16266 | Targeted Advertising for CVE: Google Steps In

        28 October, 2016

      • CO16168 | Real-time Video Streaming and its Security Concerns

        05 July, 2016

      • CO15256 | Telegram and IS: A Potential Security Threat?

        25 November, 2015

      • CO15136 | Why ISIS Appeals to Muslim Women in Western Countries: Need for Counter Message

        10 June, 2015

      Commemorative / Event Reports

      • RSIS Webinar Series on "DRUMS: Distortions, Rumours, Untruths, Misinformation & Smears"

        08 April, 2021

      • Countering Extremism: Now What?

        17 December, 2018

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    External Publications

    Journal Articles

    • Yang Hui, Jennifer and Dymples Leong. "The Era of Ubiquitous Listening: Living in a World of Speech-Activated Devices.", August 18, 2017, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Research Paper No. 17-21. Accessed 14 December 2017 https://ssrn.com/abstract=3021623.

    Chapters in Edited Books

    • “Deep Fake: Algorithms and Society” in Michael Filimowicz , Deep Fakes and Disinformation in Asia. United Kingdom: Routledge Focus, 2022, 23-49
    • “The Role of Social Media During a Pandemic” in Majeed Khader (Home Team Behavioural Sciences Centre, Singapore & Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Denise Dillon (James Cook University, Singapore), Xingyu Ken Chen (Home Team Behavioural Sciences Centre, Singapore), Loo Seng Neo (Home Team Behavioural Sciences Centre, Singapore) and Jeffery Chin (Home Team Behavioural Sciences Centre, Singapore), How to Prepare for the Next Pandemic. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing , 2021, 129-142

    Op-Eds

    • “The Milk Tea Alliance sweeping through Thailand is a force to be reckoned with”, Channel News Asia, 16 November 2020
    • “Impact Of US-China Technationalism On ASEAN” (with Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rahman), The ASEAN POST, 7 November 2020
    • “Data Brokers: A Weak Link in National Security” (with Teo Yi-Ling), The Diplomat, 21 August 2020
    • “Is National Security a Good Reason to Ban TikTok?”, Channel NewsAsia, 11 July 2020
    • “Commentary: K-pop’s Hardcore Fans are Propelling Social Movements, but have Blind Spots”, Channel NewsAsia, 29 June 2020
    • ““K-pop ‘Stans’ Unleashed: Hijacking Hashtags for Social Action””, Lowy Institute’s The Interpreter, 25 June 2020
    • “Commentary: Telegram, The Powerful COVID-19 Choice of Communications by Many Governments”, Channel NewsAsia, 8 May 2020
    • “Responding to COVID-19 with Telegram”, East Asia Forum, 1 May 2020
    • “Battling COVID-19, One TikTok Challenge at a Time”, The Diplomat, 15 March 2020
    • “Fintech Disrupted”, China Hands, 16 July 2019
    • “Targeted Advertising: Implications for National Security”, International Policy Digest, 2 July 2018
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    Talks

    • Speaker, Public Lecture Series I on “Challenges in the Implementation of Singapore’s E-Infrastructure” by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 24 January 2018.
    • Speaker, 2nd Raffles Dialogue Fellowship on “Behaviour Insights and Technology Recommendations for Tackling Misinformation” by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 4 September 2017.

    Last updated on 21/07/2021

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