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 disinformation, influence campaigns, social media, strategic communications. Her work has been published in various academic and media outlets including Routledge, Channel NewsAsia, The Straits Times, TODAY, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, The Diplomat, and East Asia Forum. She holds a Bachelor of Business majoring in Marketing and Management from the University of Newcastle Australia.

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

RSIS Commentaries

• How a Network of Inauthentic Websites Could Be a Threat to Singapore

  23 October, 2024

• Artificial Intelligence: Sustaining Singapore’s AI Ambitions

  24 November, 2020

• ‘Infodemic’: More Than a Public Health Crisis

  17 June, 2020

• 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

• CENS Workshop on DRUMS: “The Evolving Landscape of DRUMS"

  07 March, 2024

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

  08 April, 2021

• Countering Extremism: Now What?

  17 December, 2018

Policy Reports

• Networks of Inauthentic News Sites and the Risk of Hostile Information Campaigns in Singapore

  25 October, 2024

• Inauthentic Local Lifestyle and News Websites and the Challenge for Media Literacy

  25 October, 2024

• A Landscape Survey of Foreign Investment Screening Measures and Relevance for Singapore

  18 August, 2023

• 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

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

• “Deepfakes and Disinformation Pose a Growing Threat in Asia”, The Diplomat, 11 March 2023
• “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

• Discussant, Roundtable discussion on Formulating Regional and Transnational Responses towards Disinformation in Southeast Asia for the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Indonesia & Google, 14 November 2023.
• Trainer, Disinformation and Fake News: Implication for the Home Team for the Home Team Senior Command and Staff Course (HTSCSC), 28 September 2023.
• Speaker, Russia Malign Influence on International Security Meeting for the Center for International Trade and Security, University of Georgia, 22 August 2023.
• 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.