5. May 2022 | Disinformation, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
With the May 9 presidential elections approaching, several news reports and election observers are still concerned with the question of how presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of a former dictator, managed to take a clear lead in the election polls....
5. May 2022 | Disinformation, Human Rights News
President Rodrigo Duterte vetoed the SIM card registration bill on April 13, 2022. The so-called “Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card Registration Act” was already passed by the Senate last February and is intended to counter cybercrime, for instance, by identifying...
14. April 2022 | Disinformation, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Philippine presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is heading the opinion polls ahead of the May 9 elections. Election observers have linked this success to a long-standing disinformation strategy. For the past six years, the Marcos family has systematically...
16. February 2022 | Disinformation, Human Rights News
The Digital Public Pulse (DPP) project examined election-related online activities between May and October 2021. Facebook pages, accounts, and groups related to the Marcos and Duterte families form a “supercluster,” according to DPP. In this, the...
21. December 2021 | Disinformation, Human Rights News
Pandemic-related limitations in the campaigning regarding the May 2022 elections will intensify the role of social media. 90% of the Filipino population is active on social media, with 81% using Facebook. In addition, according to a 2017 study, the trust in social...
10. March 2021 | Disinformation, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
General Antonio Parlade who is known for uttering accusations has accused Inquirer-journalist Tetch Torresa Tupas in a facebook post on February 2, 2021, of cooperationg with terrorists. He accused her of „helping terrorists to spread lies“. Tupas had merely reported...
