What Doublethink Lab does

Doublethink Lab is a Taiwan-based nonprofit organization that conducts forensic investigations into foreign information manipulation and measures authoritarian influence, primarily that of the People's Republic of China. The organization operates three integrated teams: Digital Intelligence (forensic AI tools and OSINT investigations into AI-generated influence operations), Global Research (the China Index measuring 99 indicators of PRC influence across 101 countries and nine domains, and the CITW Network coalition of civil society researchers), and Social Engagement (counter-disinformation toolkits and community resilience initiatives). Its core technology stack combines proprietary frontier AI tools for cross-platform coordination analysis with a structured quantitative index platform (china-index.io) and interactive counter-propaganda resources such as the Tiananmen Trolls response guide and the COVID-19 Infodemic Playbook.

The organization serves democratic governments, civil society researchers, OSINT analysts, fact-checkers, investigative journalists, and media organizations across the Indo-Pacific and globally. As a public-goods nonprofit, it distributes all research, tools, and index data freely through its website and Medium publication, and generates revenue through grant funding and donations from democratic governments, foundations, and private donors. Recent operational tempo is high: between late 2025 and April 2026 the organization published six named investigations and policy products, including the China Index 2024, the GoLaxy Documents analysis exposing AI-driven PRC influence operations, and the Borderless Group on Threads investigation tracing 549 fake accounts to content farms targeting Taiwan and Japan. The organization is led by co-founder and CEO Wu Min-Hsuan (Ttcat) and Chairperson Urda Yen, and is headquartered in Taiwan with a 14-person team.

Geographically, Doublethink Lab's research footprint now spans the Philippines (Bayanihan Initiative), South Korea (FIMI early-warning research), Japan (Borderless Group content farms), Taiwan, the United States, and 101 countries tracked by the China Index — positioning it as a pan-Indo-Pacific counter-influence platform rather than a single-market organization. Enterprise value to civil society and government partners is anchored in the uniqueness of its cross-country PRC influence dataset, the speed gains from its proprietary AI tools, and its role as a coalition backbone through the CITW Network.

Name

Doublethink Lab

Legal name

Doublethink Lab

Website

https://doublethinklab.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Doublethink Lab is a Taiwan-based nonprofit that builds forensic OSINT tools, the China Index (99 indicators across 101 countries), and the CITW Network coalition to track PRC influence for democratic governments, civil society researchers, and journalists.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) and Democratic Resilience Research

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720)

akta.pro primary industry

Due Diligence & Investigative Research (BPAHALAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Safety, Alignment & Content Moderation (Guardrails, Red Teaming) (HDAAACAI), Safety & Alignment Evaluation (red-teaming, harmful capability testing) (HDAAAMAL)

Keywords

• Open source intelligence
• Influence operations research
• Disinformation analysis
• Digital intelligence tools
• Democratic resilience research

Headquarters

HQ city

Taiwan

HQ country

Taiwan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding and Donations: Doublethink Lab is a Taiwan-based nonprofit organization. As a nonprofit, their primary revenue streams are likely grant funding from democratic governments, foundations, and private donors supporting democracy and digital defense work.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Doublethink Lab conducts forensic investigations into foreign information manipulation and operates measurement infrastructure (the China Index) that tracks 99 indicators of PRC influence across 101 countries and nine domains. The organization develops frontier AI tools for OSINT analysts, fact-checkers, and investigative journalists to trace AI-generated influence operations and cross-platform coordination campaigns, and produces counter-disinformation toolkits grounded in cognitive psychology and audience research. Outputs are distributed as open-access research, interactive platforms, and coalition resources to democratic governments, civil society, and independent researchers.

Product overview

Doublethink Lab is a Taiwan-based nonprofit organization that builds evidence, methods, and coalitions to make authoritarian power legible and contestable. The organization operates three integrated teams: Digital Intelligence (forensic AI tools for investigating influence operations), Global Research (infrastructure including the China Index and CITW Network), and Social Engagement (counter-disinformation toolkits and community initiatives). The core product portfolio includes the China Index (tracking PRC influence globally across 101 countries), the CITW Network (global civil society coalition), Taiwan POWER (whole-of-society resilience framework), specialized research series on TikTok and PRC-Ukraine narratives, and interactive tools including the Tiananmen Trolls response website, Fight-dis.info platform, and the COVID-19 Infodemic Playbook.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• China Index: Flagship project measuring China's influence globally across 101 countries and nine domains
• Taiwan POWER
• CITW Network (China In The World)
• Narrative Analysis Toolkit

Products and services

• China Index Flagship measurement tool tracking 99 indicators of PRC influence across 101 countries and nine domains. Ranks countries and territories according to their level of PRC influence and enables comparative analysis across countries and domains.
• CITW Network (China In The World) Global coalition connecting civil society researchers across 101 countries through annual summits and a community fund to conduct locally grounded China research, feeding into the China Index methodology.
• Taiwan POWER Whole-of-society framework for resilience to foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), adopted as a reference by partners across the Indo-Pacific region.
• TikTok Research Series Series of research reports analyzing how TikTok shapes political attitudes, democratic identity, perceptions of the PRC, and willingness to resist across different user groups in Taiwan.
• PRC-Ukraine Narratives Analysis Series of investigations and analyses on how PRC information operations align with and amplify Russian narratives around the invasion of Ukraine across Chinese-language platforms.
• How to Respond to Tiananmen Trolls Interactive website providing tools to identify Tiananmen propaganda and disinformation, documenting three methods used to whitewash the massacre (Evade, Deny, Rationalize) with suggested response strategies for social media users.
• Fight-dis.info One-stop disinformation website developed with Innovation for Change - East Asia hub, providing tools and research to help audiences verify information and counter propaganda and conspiracy theories.
• Survival Playbook for an Island Nation Interactive playbook documenting how Taiwanese civil society and government countered information operations and disinformation during the COVID-19 infodemic, as a case study in democratic resilience.

Quantifiable outcome

• Investigations that previously took months can now be completed in days-to-weeks using their frontier AI tools
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• CITW Network (China In The World)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal coalition connecting civil society researchers across 101 countries to conduct locally grounded China research. Doublethink Lab coordinates this network through annual Summits and Community Fund to resource country-level researchers studying PRC influence.
• OSINT Analysts, Fact-checkers, and Investigative Journalists CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking coalition of OSINT analysts, fact-checkers, and investigative journalists conducting forensic investigations into foreign information manipulation across the Indo-Pacific. Doublethink Lab provides frontier AI tools to these partners.
• Innovation for Change - East Asia HubflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated to develop fight-dis.info, a one-stop disinformation website providing tools and research to help audiences check information and counter propaganda and conspiracy theories.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI): ASPI publishes influential research on CCP influence operations, technology competition, and democratic resilience in the Indo-Pacific. Its International Cyber Policy Centre produces PRC-related investigative reports that overlap with Doublethink Lab's China Index and influence operations research.
• Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD): ISD is a counter-extremism and disinformation think tank conducting research on influence operations, hate speech, and foreign interference. Its global coalition-building model and policy advisory work closely mirror Doublethink Lab's CITW Network and policy paper approach.
• NewsGuard: NewsGuard rates the credibility of news sources and tracks misinformation at scale using a combination of human analyst judgment and technology. Its structured data approach to information integrity parallels Doublethink Lab's China Index methodology and counter-disinformation toolkit deployment.
• EU DisinfoLab: EU DisinfoLab is a nonprofit focused on tackling disinformation with a research-driven approach, particularly around influence operations targeting Europe. While more Europe-focused, its methodology and counter-disinformation toolkit development closely parallels Doublethink Lab's research and Social Engagement functions.
• Atlantic Council Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab): DFRLab is a leading OSINT research lab investigating disinformation and influence operations globally, producing public reports similar to Doublethink Lab's investigative publications. Both organizations train analysts and publish open-source investigations into foreign information manipulation.
• Graphika: Graphika conducts social network analysis and detection of influence operations, including disinformation campaigns and coordinated inauthentic behavior across platforms. It is one of the most direct commercial competitors to Doublethink Lab's Digital Intelligence team, serving government and enterprise clients with similar forensic investigation capabilities.
• Logically AI: Logically combines AI-driven detection of misinformation with analyst-led investigations, serving both government and commercial clients. Its technology stack and investigative services overlap with Doublethink Lab's frontier AI tooling and forensic investigation capabilities.
• Center for Information Resilience (CIR): CIR conducts open-source investigations into conflicts, human rights abuses, and disinformation campaigns, including PRC-linked influence operations in the Indo-Pacific. Its OSINT methodology and publication cadence align closely with Doublethink Lab's forensic investigation work.

Broad incumbents

• Mandiant (Google Cloud): Mandiant's threat intelligence team, now part of Google Cloud, conducts investigations into state-sponsored influence operations and cyber-enabled disinformation. As a much larger incumbent, it operates in adjacent territory with broader scope than Doublethink Lab's focused PRC and Indo-Pacific mandate.
• Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO): SIO was a leading academic research center studying disinformation, election interference, and platform governance until its 2024 wind-down. Its prior research agenda on coordinated inauthentic behavior and influence operations directly mirrored Doublethink Lab's investigative priorities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/doublethinklab
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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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