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In 2022, Viet Fact Check contributed to a landscape report from the newly-launched Asian American Disinformation Table (AADT). “Power, Platforms, & Politics: Asian Americans & Disinformation”, was a study on the rise of mis- and disinformation in Asian American communities. It was featured in publications including NBC News and the San Francisco Chronicle, and we summarized it here.
VFC and other Asian American groups and researchers in AADT have continued identifying and countering harmful misinformation narratives affecting our communities. The results of this work have been published in the new 2025 AADT landscape report, “Where Do We Go From Here?: Asian Americans, Diaspora, & Disinformation”.
“Since the launch of the Asian American Disinformation Table in 2022, there have been significant developments in technology; dismantling of guardrails on social media platforms; and a fundamental shift in rhetoric targeting diverse communities. These factors have a consequential impact on the disinformation landscape.”
In response to dramatic changes and the growing needs of our community, VFC adapted our approach. The most significant development has been the launch of “Sharing Stories, Sharing Trust”, an ongoing series of in-person workshops co-designed by and for the Vietnamese diasporic community.
These workshops are intergenerational conversations on how the Vietnamese community finds and trusts information sources. They are a collaboration between VFC, researcher Sarah Nguyễn, journalist Lam Thuy Vo, and dozens of community groups and public institutions across the US—and, recently, the UK!
“‘Sharing Stories, Sharing Trust’: Community-Based Approaches in the Vietnamese Diaspora” (pages 56-62) is our case study in the 2025 AADT landscape report. Read it to learn more about VFC’s work, and explore the full report to learn how our partners in AADT are addressing mis- and disinformation in their own Asian diasporic communities.
