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Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA)

Type
Government body
Place
Taiwan
Local name
數位發展部
Last checked
2026-09-22
Next check due
2027-03-21

Ways to reach them

  • MODA AI governance page (English) · Web form
    Works in: en
    Verified · 2026-09-22

    policy information

    VERIFIED fetched. Page confirms the AI Basic Act is 'officially in force'. The contact email is rendered obfuscated as '[email protected]' and I could NOT read the actual address — do not publish one.

  • MODA switchboard / postal · Email address
    Works in: zh, en
    +886-2-2380-0777 (fax +886-2-2380-0791); No. 143, Yanping S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100057
    Verified · 2026-09-22

    general

    VERIFIED — published in the MODA English page footer and fetched.

  • Taiwan 'Join' public policy participation platform (join.gov.tw) · Public consultation
    Works in: zh
    —
    Unverified

    public policy proposals and draft-regulation comment

    UNVERIFIED URL — Taiwan operates a well-regarded national e-participation platform used for draft-regulation comment periods, but I did not verify it or confirm a live AI consultation.

  • Homepage · Homepage
    Unchecked

What it does

Taiwan's AI Basic Act (人工智慧基本法) is IN FORCE as of 2026 — a framework statute setting principles (sustainability, human autonomy, privacy, security, transparency, fairness, accountability) and directing agencies rather than imposing direct obligations on developers. MODA is the lead implementing agency, tasked with building risk classification frameworks and evaluation tools; the National Science and Technology Council also has a role. The Act is principles-based with sectoral implementation, so MODA's AI powers are coordinating and standard-setting, not punitive; MODA does hold separate regulatory powers over telecoms and digital services.

Its powers

advise

Honest assessment

Genuinely good on transparency: MODA maintains a full English-language policy site and Taiwan has an unusually strong civic-participation tradition (vTaiwan, join.gov.tw) with a real record of open deliberation on digital policy. That said, the draft-regulation comment platform is Chinese-language, and the published MODA contact email was obfuscated so I cannot supply it. Taiwan's diplomatic status also excludes it from the international network and most multilateral AI processes — a genuine gap.

Notes

Taiwan's AI Basic Act is distinctive for a democratic-governance framing rather than a risk-tier framing. No explicit frontier/catastrophic-risk mandate identified.

Sources

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