The Philippines is home to some of the world’s most active users of social media. As election day approaches, the platform has been “weaponized' to get a former dictator’s son to the presidency
ABS-CBN is the largest media network in the Philippines, and one of only a few free new channels for Filipinos. But after Duterte falsely accused the network of unpaid taxes, his administration suddenly shut down its broadcast in May 2020, halting the station’s television and radio programs and cutting millions of Filipinos off their primary source of factual information. The network has since moved many of its programs online.
last year to counteract the fake news he saw his students sharing online. “They’re afraid of educated Filipinos.” “If people are ready to believe these lies without any proof, how do you fight that?” asks May Rodriguez. “When you encounter it in one person, that's okay—that person is just crazy. But when you encounter it repeatedly, then you get scared.”
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